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Starosta, Guido The System of Machinery and Determinations of Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Grundrisse and Capital 2013 Book Chapter On Marx on Machines Machines, Marx, Marx Machine, Technology, Capitalism, Subjectivity, Productive Subjectivity, Dialectic, Revolutionary Subjectivity
Citation Starosta, Guido 2013 Book Chapter Machines Marx Marx Machine Technology Capitalism Subjectivity Productive Subjectivity Dialectic Revolutionary Subjectivity On Marx on Machines

"The System of Machinery and Determinations of Revolutionary Subjectivity in the Grundrisse and Capital"

by Starosta, Guido (2013)

Abstract

This chapter proposes a reading of Marx's exposition of the forms of the real subsumption of labour to capital–in particular, the system of machinery of large-scale industry–as constituting the dialectical presentation of the determinations of revolutionary subjectivity …

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Machines, Marx, Marx Machine, Technology, Capitalism, Subjectivity, Productive Subjectivity, Dialectic, Revolutionary Subjectivity

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On Marx on Machines

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