Foucault does not merely flirt with the vocabulary of Capital volume 1 but proposes instead to expand the Marxian theory of capitalist exploitation by analyzing the techniques of power that constitute proletarians as productive—and thus exploitable—subjects. [Continue reading here…]
Illegalisms
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Foucault, alter-marxist? Return to the question of illegalisms: Law, history, and subjectivation Judith Revel Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne [NB: The original text in French is below, following this English translation] First and foremost, of course, I’d like to thank Bernard Harcourt for organizing this great seminar series – I was thinking this morning that I have taken part in five CCCCT seminars since 2016. This year is my sixth, and I’m delighted and proud of it, thank you. I can’t begin, however, without apologizing a little for my presence in this context: I’m not a Marx specialist, and what justifies […]