Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered : neoliberalism advancing in South Africa, England, and Greece /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Research in political economy ; 29 Research in political economy ; 29.
Subject:	Sraffa, Piero. Althusser, Louis, -- 1918-1990. Althusser, Louis, -- 1918-1990. Sraffa, Piero. Neoliberalism -- South Africa. Neoliberalism -- England. Neoliberalism -- Greece. Marxian economics. Marxian economics. Neoliberalism. England. Greece. South Africa. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11235130

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Other authors / contributors:	Zarembka, Paul, editor.
ISBN:	9781784410063 1784410063 9781784410070 1784410071
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This volume examines the recent advance of neoliberalism. The volume begins with a very extensive study of the archives of Piero Sraffa, which suggests the importance of Marx's influence on his work. The following chapters address the recent multifaceted advance of neoliberalism, with a focus on three current instances. Firstly, suggesting uneven development as in Rosa Luxemburg. South African multi-billion dollar investments in two fossil-fuel projects have recently cemented debtor relations to the World Bank and the Chinese Development Bank, while generating activist opposition in this era of climate crisis. A second instance focuses on secondary school teachers in England whose work load is not only increasing but also increasingly commodified and judged, a development that represents the penetration of abstract labor and alienation, as in Marx. The third example examines the credit bubbles in Greece, noting them as an example of the progency of fictitious capital. The remaining chapters include a critique of Althussers interpretation of the Marxist philosophy of science, and a continued discussion regarding the concept of a labor aristocracy, engaging the work of Zak Cope.
Other form:	Print version: Sraffa and Althusser reconsidered. 9781784410070

Table of Contents:

From 'Pool of profits' to surplus and deficit industries : archival evidence on the evolution of Piero Sraffa's thought / Scott Carter
Comments on Scott Carter / Robert M. Sollow
Response to comments of Robert M. Solow / Scott Carter
Fixed capital and wage-profit curves à la von Neumann-Leontief : China's economy 1987-2000 / Bangxi Li
Theory and practice in challenging extractive-oriented infrastructure in South Africa / Patrick Bond
Marketisation, commodification and the implications for teachers' autonomy in England / Martin Upchurch, Phoebe Moore, Aylin Kunter
Stranger than fiction : fictitious capital and credit bubbles in post-EMU Greece / Jesse Hembruff
Epistemological problems and ontological solutions : a critical realist retrospective on Althusser / Brian O'Boyle, Terrence McDonough
The roots of working class reformism and conservatism : a response to Zak Cope's defense of the "labor aristocracy" thesis / Charles Post
A comment on the post-Cope debate on labour aristocracy and colonialism / Amiya Kumar Bagchi
Final comments on Charles Post's critique of the theory of the labour aristocracy / Zak Cope.

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