David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles Capitalist Social Formation vs. OUR PLANET!
[S5.5 E02] Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Capitalist Social Formation vs. OUR PLANET!
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Professor Harvey discusses the relationship between the mode of production of capital and the context of its social formation. In the previous episode, Harvey shared his analysis of the capitalist mode of production from the standpoint of the emancipated laborer. Now, he further explains the mode of production, which is what Marx calls the inner structure of capitalist society. Curiously, Marx rarely uses the term capitalism, but he does talk about capital as a mode of production. And he also talks about the social formation, which is the contextual conditions within which a mode of production operates. The analogy Professor Harvey uses here is that a mode of production is like the engine of capitalism, and it is the driving engine of the mode of production, which Marx is primarily concerned to analyze and understand. But Marx also recognizes the significance of the social formation, especially in terms of both the environmental conditions, and also the social and cultural history. Therefore, we need to have a clear analysis of the relationship between the social formation and the mode of production.
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David Harvey's lastest book "A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse" (Verso 2023):
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2930-a-companion-to-marx-s-grundrisse
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