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Polityczność założenia, założenie polityczności
The Politics of Assumption, the Assumption of Politics

Author(s): Michael A. Lebowitz
Subject(s): Marxism, Labor relations, Political economy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Marxism; capital; workers; reading; theory; politics;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present Marx’s assumptions consequences both for the politics and the theory. The relevance of the assumption of a constant standard of workers’ necessities. To fill in the gaps of Marx’s theory and to argue the assumptions’ non-neutrality, the author proposes his own factor – factor x which represents the degree of separation among workers. This factor constitutes a basis for a new reading of Capital. This article is a translation of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture, which was delivered on the occasion of receiving the 2004 Deutscher Prize.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 213-232
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish