Jurriaan Bendien wrote:
> I intend to have a look at it, but from the blurb it's already clear
> that they're attacking straw men, and that they have an overinflated
> opinion of their own intellectual achievements, which is offputting.
> The problem with the "power theory of capital" is that it is no less
> problematic than the "value theory of capital". Substituting "power"
> for "value" does not solve very much, since the forms of power are
> just as complex, variegated and elusive as the forms of value. A
> better strategy would be to analyze the complex relationships between
> power and value.
I agree with this. While their analysis of capitalism and oil was
interesting I think their general framework of "power" is unconvincing.
One would at least expect it to be based on some rigorous class analysis.
//Dave Z
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