Writing, craft and method: Postone’s Notes on the German Reaction to ‘Holocaust’
Anti-Semitism and National Socialism: Notes on the German Reaction to “Holocaust” (PDF) I have read Moishe Postone’s article a number of times. Today, I sent it to a friend with the following message:...
View ArticleMarx’s method
Together with colleagues at work, we are planning to offer a Master’s level module on ‘Marx’s Theory and Method’ for students studying an MSc in Social Science Research Methods. Having this to plan for...
View ArticleMarx’s method (II): ‘the method of rising from the abstract to the concrete’
In my previous notes I quoted Marx describing his approach as “the method of rising from the abstract to the concrete”. What a wonderful description, but what does it mean? Marx goes on to discuss it...
View ArticleComment on abstract labour and the method of abstraction
I tried leaving this as a comment on ‘The Real Movement‘ but for some reason WordPress mangled it so here it is in full. It relates to my previous notes on Marx’s method of “rising from the abstract to...
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Small gauge
Sometimes I find myself returning to film, wishing I still had my Bolex, Beaulieu or Nizo. Wonderful, mechanical, precision engineering you can hold in your hands. Bolex SBM 16mm camera Beaulieu 4008...
View ArticleMichael Heinrich on Marx’s revolution in science
Around 14 minutes in, Heinrich, a Prof. of Economics, talks about a Marx’s work as a “scientific revolution in the history of science”. This revolution was characterised as a questioning of concepts...
View ArticleWriting About Academic Labour
This essay calls for a return to the labour theory of Marx, or rather to Marx’s negative critique of labour and its “pivotal” role in comprehending the political economy of higher education. It argues...
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