[lbo-talk] Butler

Jerry Monaco monacojerry at gmail.com
Fri Jun 6 15:45:45 PDT 2008


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:


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> Moishe
> Postone's in _Time, Labor, and Social Domination_.

Tell me about this book. It looks interesting. I looked it up, but I would like your opinion. Maybe it should be a separate thread or off list.

Or maybe if you know of a good review of the book you can point me to it.

Jerry


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> The proletariat is a category constituted by
> capitalism. The proletariat qua proletariat is
> therefore not the negation of capitalism, but an
> essential component of it.
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> Those of us constituted by capital as wage-dependent
> laborers must therefore *negate* our status as
> proletarians, not seek to affirm it.
>
> Butler's position allows for all sorts of Social
> Democratic mischief.
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