From: Paul Zarembka (zarembka@BUFFALO.EDU)
Date: Sat May 08 2004 - 09:44:28 EDT
Jurriaan, Seeing your message today on a different topic, I recall that you haven't responded to a prior reply of mine. I remain a bit irked by a personalization of myself by yourself: Do you still feel, perhaps privately: "To you in your academic position, all this this might be a bit of poetry, but to many people, including myself, it's been not a joke, but a miserable reality,..."? I certainly do not feel as uncompassionate as your wording -- referring to academic position and joking -- suggests. Paul Z. P.S. Sorry for the missing 'r' in your name in that message of mine. ************************************************************************* Vol.21-Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka Paul Zarembka <zarembka@BUFFALO.EDU> said, on 04/23/04: >Juriaan, >I believe you misunderstand me (in a similar manner as Howard did >initally, but I believe he now understands). I am making a theoretical >point. I 'merely' say that modern dispossesion processes (which you >label 'primitive' or 'original accumulation of capital') are part of >'accumulation of capital' proper. Could I recommend that either you go >back to my interchange with Howard or read my side of the debate in *The >Commoner*. If you think *The Commoner* overall is accomplishing something >worthwhile, then you and I are on the same page. If not, then it is I who >misunderstand you. >Paul Z. >--On Friday, April 23, 2004 9:50 AM -0400 OPE-L Administrator ><ope-admin@RICARDO.ECN.WFU.EDU> wrote: >> Paul Zarembka writes in reply to my statement that original accumulation >> occurs continuously in the history of capitalist development that: >> >> "I disagree. Original or primitive accumulation should be a concept >> reserved for the transition from feudalism to the initial establishment >> of capitalism." >> >> With due respect, I think this is either a scholasticist, subjective >> interpretation of the topic, or a bit of poetry. If we approach the >> topic with scientific objectivity and thorough legal scrutiny, we must >> admit that processes of dispossession and expropriation (and their >> corollary, proletarianisation) occur continuously in the capitalist >> system.... >> >> To you in your academic position, all this this might be a bit of >> poetry, but to many people, including myself, it's been not a joke, but >> a miserable reality,...
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sun May 09 2004 - 00:00:01 EDT