Mountain Lion
02-08-2008, 03:16 PM
Overaccumulation, primitive accumulation, accumulation by dispossession, disaster capitalism...
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Here is a definition of primitive accumulation as per Marx's definition and implications of the role of state in the process of primitive accumulation: commodification and privatization of land and the forceful expulsion of peasant populations; conversion of various forms of property rights (common, collective, state, etc.) into exclusive private property rights; suppression of rights to the commons; commodification of labor power and the suppression of alternative (indigenous) forms of production and consumption; colonial, neo-colonial and imperial processes of appropriation of assets (including natural resources); monetization of exchange and taxation (particularly of land); slave trade; and usury, the national debt and ultimately the credit system as radical means of primitive accumulation. The state, with its monopoly of violence and definitions of legality, plays a crucial role in both backing and promoting these processes and there is considerable evidence (which Marx suggests and Braudel confirms) that the transition to capitalist development was vitally contingent upon the stance of the state - broadly supportive in Britain, weakly so in France and highly negative, until very recently, in China.The invocation of the recent shift in the case of China indicates that this is an on-going issue and the evidence is strong, particularly throughout East and South East Asia, that state policies and politics (consider the case of Singapore) have played a critical role in defining both the intensity and the paths of new forms of capital accumulation. The role of the "developmental state" in recent phases of capital accumulation has therefore been the subject of intense scrutiny. One only has to look back at Bismarck's Germany or Meiji Japan to recognize that this has long been the case.
If you are familiar with the above concepts perhaps you would be willing to discuss or criticize them, if you do not have the knowledge of those concepts here is an excellent source for you: To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
This is for anyone interested in economic critique of capitalism.
Here is a definition of primitive accumulation as per Marx's definition and implications of the role of state in the process of primitive accumulation: commodification and privatization of land and the forceful expulsion of peasant populations; conversion of various forms of property rights (common, collective, state, etc.) into exclusive private property rights; suppression of rights to the commons; commodification of labor power and the suppression of alternative (indigenous) forms of production and consumption; colonial, neo-colonial and imperial processes of appropriation of assets (including natural resources); monetization of exchange and taxation (particularly of land); slave trade; and usury, the national debt and ultimately the credit system as radical means of primitive accumulation. The state, with its monopoly of violence and definitions of legality, plays a crucial role in both backing and promoting these processes and there is considerable evidence (which Marx suggests and Braudel confirms) that the transition to capitalist development was vitally contingent upon the stance of the state - broadly supportive in Britain, weakly so in France and highly negative, until very recently, in China.The invocation of the recent shift in the case of China indicates that this is an on-going issue and the evidence is strong, particularly throughout East and South East Asia, that state policies and politics (consider the case of Singapore) have played a critical role in defining both the intensity and the paths of new forms of capital accumulation. The role of the "developmental state" in recent phases of capital accumulation has therefore been the subject of intense scrutiny. One only has to look back at Bismarck's Germany or Meiji Japan to recognize that this has long been the case.