tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post1626249594950800000..comments2023-11-05T03:05:16.380-08:00Comments on No Useless Leniency: Capital and Agency (Encore)Benjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-57002839327618157912008-11-18T18:13:00.000-08:002008-11-18T18:13:00.000-08:00it seems to me the claim that capital literally is...it seems to me the claim that capital literally is (or is wholly included within) the hegelian subject presupposes an acceptance of hegelian metaphysics against marx's materialist version. wouldn't one have to, contra marx, do away with the labor theory of value? also how would one then historicize capitalism without simply becoming a hegelian? hegel's "ruse of reason" is close enough to adam smith's invisible hand to be virtually the same thing. <BR/><BR/>my sense is that d&g's 'humanism' is really just a sort of aura or mood, the effect of their having deferred the question begged by their recognition of capitalism's historicity by beginning their analysis from an <I>a</I>-subjective 'position.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-32794390959748892372008-11-18T01:26:00.000-08:002008-11-18T01:26:00.000-08:00well in a way that's the Finelli / Marxist point; ...well in a way that's the Finelli / Marxist point; from the working of capital as subject then human agency is irrelevant (except in so far as it is subsumed under the value form). Human or otherwise I suppose I'm just interested in what kind of agency (or whatever anyone wants to call it) that could offer resistance / alternativesBenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-51532035206769803492008-11-17T19:43:00.000-08:002008-11-17T19:43:00.000-08:00If you look at the current world crash there is re...If you look at the current world crash there is really no one out there on the left or right who has a serious idea how to stop a prolonged depression. A few, very few, saw this comung.No one has a clue how we come out. <BR/><BR/>The most critical group are the investor class, especially hedge fund people.Buying dollars and shorting the market is not exactly a revoltionary act.Maybe there is no human agencyevanstonjewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339214545349794973noreply@blogger.com