Agrarne początki kapitalizmu

Tekst przedstawia podstawowe założenia i tezy „marksizmu politycznego”. Autorka wykazuje, jak i dlaczego początki kapitalizmu należy wiązać w pierwszej kolejności z wsią i rolnictwem, a dopiero w drugiej z miastem i handlem. Podporządkowanie procesów produkcji żywności imperatywom kapitalizmu stanowi o rewolucjonizującym charakterze kapitalizmu, gdyż przekształceniu ulegają w ten sposób procesy odpowiedzialne za samą reprodukcję społeczeństwa, a nie jedynie dystrybucji lub redystrybucji nadwyżek.(1942-2016) – była amerykańską historyczką marksistowską i teoretyczką. Wraz z Robertem Brennerem stworzyła nurt nazywany „marksizmem politycznym”. Autorka wielu książek między innymi The Retreat from Class (1986), za którą otrzymała nagrodę im. Isaaca Deutschera, oraz wpływowej pracy The Origin of Capitalism (1999). <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="51" Name="Grid Table 6 Colorful Accent

Od możliwości do imperatywu: historia rynku.

Autorka pokazuje w swoim artykule, że historia kapitalistycznego rynku nierozerwalnie wiąże się z bezprecedensowym w historii użyciem siły i przemocy. Takie konsekwentne spojrzenie na rynek pozwala inaczej interpretować przejście z porządku feudalnego do kapitalistycznego. Autorka wskazuje, że nie było ono „wyzwoleniem” spod feudalnych okowów, ale przeciwnie – wiązało się z podporządkowaniem rynkowym imperatywom produkcji kapitalistycznej, które wynikało nie tyle z technologicznego postępu czy nieomal ponadhistorycznych praw, ale z przekształceń społecznych stosunków własności między chłopami a panami w Anglii. Proponowane w artykule ujęcie kapitalistycznego rynku stawia też w innym świetle przeciwstawione mu alternatywy polityczne

A questão ambiental na origem do problema agrário brasileiro e o caso da região Sul.

A especificidade do processo de apropriação privada de terras públicas no Brasil, após 1850, é o ponto de origem dos problemas ambientais atuais no espaço rural, isso porque foi desse período em diante que a ausência de limites ambientais se tornou a regra principal da aliança entre a concentração fundiária e o progresso técnico aplicado à agricultura, comprometendo dramaticamente outras formas de acesso, bem como o uso produtivo ou não produtivo das terras e seus recursos naturais. O estudo de caso realizado na região sudoeste do Paraná, no Sul do Brasil, no entanto, demonstra que, apesar de uma estrutura agrária mais democrática, a regra de ausência de limites ambientais também é reiterada. Naquela região, o impulso básico à degradação ambiental deve-se ao fato de as estratégias de reprodução da agricultura familiar estarem estreitamente associadas aos imperativos do mercado exportador de grãos

Organizing Engineering Work - A Comparative-Analysis

This article analyzes the organization of engineering work in six industrial capitalist countries. It identifies four major models for the organization of engineering work; the engineering profession did not succeed in achieving professional “closure” in any of the six countries under review. A review of the historical evolution of the organization of engineering work in each of the six countries reveals that engineering has been shaped by a complex interaction among the profession itself, employers, the state, labor, and preindustrial forces. However, none of the national variations on the four models for organizing engineering labor is stable or without internal contradiction because of the ambiguous “intermediate” position of engineers

Infrastructures of empire: towards a critical geopolitics of media and information studies

The Arab Uprisings of 2011 can be seen as a turning point for media and information studies scholars, many of whom newly discovered the region as a site for theories of digital media and social transformation. This work has argued that digital media technologies fuel or transform political change through new networked publics, new forms of connective action cultivating liberal democratic values. These works have, surprisingly, little to say about the United States and other Western colonial powers’ legacy of occupation, ongoing violence and strategic interests in the region. It is as if the Arab Spring was a vindication for the universal appeal of Western liberal democracy delivered through the gift of the Internet, social media as manifestation of the ‘technologies of freedom’ long promised by Cold War. We propose an alternate trajectory in terms of reorienting discussions of media and information infrastructures as embedded within the resurgence of idealized liberal democratic norms in the wake of the end of the Cold War. We look at the demise of the media and empire debates and ‘the rise of the BRICS’ (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) as modes of intra-imperial competition that complicate earlier Eurocentric narratives media and empire. We then outline the individual contributions for the special collection of essays

Capitalism and the sea: Sovereignty, territory and appropriation in the global ocean

This paper introduces the term ‘terraqueous territoriality’ to analyse a particular relationship between capitalism as a social formation, and the sea as a natural force. It focuses on three spaces – exclusive economic zones (EEZs), the system of ‘flags of convenience’ (FOC), and multilateral counter-piracy initiatives – as instances of capitalist states and firms seeking to transcend the geo-physical difference between firm land and fluid sea. Capital accumulation, it is argued here, seeks to territorialise the sea through forms of sovereignty and modes of appropriation drawn from experiences on land, but in doing so encounters particular tensions thereby generating distinctive spatial effects. By exploring the articulation between sovereignty, territory and appropriation in the organisation of spaces where land meets sea, the article seeks to demonstrate the value of an analytical framework that underlines the terraqueous nature of contemporary capitalism