The Fragile Juggernaut

Whether loving or hating it, many visualize capitalism as an unstoppable juggernaut. For those of us who would defeat it, we must identify its weaknesses. Fortunately, Marx and Engels’ writings on “crisis” reveal them. They show how its endless imposition of exploitative and alienating work creates...

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description Whether loving or hating it, many visualize capitalism as an unstoppable juggernaut. For those of us who would defeat it, we must identify its weaknesses. Fortunately, Marx and Engels’ writings on “crisis” reveal them. They show how its endless imposition of exploitative and alienating work creates such antagonistic conflicts everywhere as to make it, ultimately, a far more fragile monster than it first appears. Each of its efforts to shape social relationships, subordinating them to the work of commodity production and its control over society, has been and can be thrown into crisis by those of us resisting its way of life and seeking to create more appealing alternatives.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1534332025-07-30T08:59:52Z The Fragile Juggernaut Cleaver, Harry 19th Century Autonomist Marxism Marxism Poland accumulation breakdown capital circuit colonialism exchange value falling rate of profit financial crisis force ideology labor law labor-power money overproduction primitive accumulation revolution underconsumption value theory work working class thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3ML 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MN 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems and structures::KCSA Capitalism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3ML 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799 thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MN 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSA Social classes thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economics thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCS Economic systems and structures::KCSA Capitalism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history Whether loving or hating it, many visualize capitalism as an unstoppable juggernaut. For those of us who would defeat it, we must identify its weaknesses. Fortunately, Marx and Engels’ writings on “crisis” reveal them. They show how its endless imposition of exploitative and alienating work creates such antagonistic conflicts everywhere as to make it, ultimately, a far more fragile monster than it first appears. Each of its efforts to shape social relationships, subordinating them to the work of commodity production and its control over society, has been and can be thrown into crisis by those of us resisting its way of life and seeking to create more appealing alternatives. 2025-03-01T04:21:39Z 2025-03-01T04:21:39Z 2025-02-28T15:49:20Z 2024 book ONIX_20250228_9789004708631_57 2667-288X https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99071 9789004708631 9789004708365 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153433 eng Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/99071/1/9789004708631_webready_content_text.pdf Brill 10.1163/9789004708631 10.1163/9789004708631 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004708631 9789004708365 572 open access
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The Fragile Juggernaut
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topic 19th Century
Autonomist Marxism
Marxism
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accumulation
breakdown
capital
circuit
colonialism
exchange value
falling rate of profit
financial crisis
force
ideology
labor law
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overproduction
primitive accumulation
revolution
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value theory
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topic_facet 19th Century
Autonomist Marxism
Marxism
Poland
accumulation
breakdown
capital
circuit
colonialism
exchange value
falling rate of profit
financial crisis
force
ideology
labor law
labor-power
money
overproduction
primitive accumulation
revolution
underconsumption
value theory
work
working class
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