[lbo-talk] The Bichler & Nitzan Archives: Peace-for_war

Jonathan Nitzan nitzan at yorku.ca
Tue Oct 31 07:55:31 PST 2006


Holmes, Brian. 2006. Peace-for-War. Paper read at Dictionary of War, July 23, Munich, Germany (mpg video presentation and transcribed text).

FROM THE LECTURE: The concept I'm going to present draws directly from the work of Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan. It describes the economic phases of "depth" and "breadth," and correlates them with the first- and second-order cybernetics of control. It attempts to situate the functions of cultural-communicational labor within these economic phases. It questions those autonomist Marxists who thought it would be possible to transform a broadly expansionary phase of capitalism, like that of the '90s, into a qualitatively different society. It's not a polemic, but seeks to open up a field of strategic debate. It doesn't assert a future, but observes the unfolding of the present into the depths of violence, which has robbed resistance movements of their potential, again. The concept is Peace-for-War.

Duration of video presentation: 39 Minutes (large file)

FULL TEXT: http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/216/

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Jonathan Nitzan

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