The 'Art' of Colonisation: Capitalising Sovereign Power and the Ongoing Nature of Primitive Accumulation

The 'Art' of Colonisation: Capitalising Sovereign Power and the Ongoing Nature of Primitive Accumulation
Di Muzio, Tim. (2007). New Political Economy. Vol. 12. No. 4, December. pp. 517-539. (Article - Journal; English).

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FROM THE ARTICLE: . . . what many critics of the war on terror or US imperialism have so far failed to appreciate is how this project would be impossible without the capitalisation of the state. In this article, I therefore want to suggest that Marx’s re-theorisation of the concept of primitive accumulation, combined with a non-Marxist theorisation of state power offered by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, can help us account for the intimate connection between ongoing primitive accumulation and the capitalisation of the US government. . . . I try to show that we can accept their novel theory of capital as a capitalised and commodified form of power, but argue that the concept of primitive accumulation still has considerable analytical value for theorising the extension and depth of capitalist social property relations within and across political jurisdictions.

Language

English

Publication Type

Article - Journal

Keywords

capitalization organized violence primitive accumulation state

Subject

BN War & Peace
BN Conflict & Violence
BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Agency
BN International & Global
BN Power
BN Resistance
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Region - North America

Depositing User

Jonathan Nitzan

Date Deposited

20 Jan 2008

Last Modified

03 Apr 2016 02:05

URL:

https://bnarchives.net/id/eprint/248

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