Re: [OPE] Milios + Sotiropoulos online!

Dear Dave,

thank you for the good words about our book! I agree with you that a
Marxian theory of imperialism presupposes a theory of the capitalist
state (and the capitalist social formation). In fact, that is exactly
what we endeavored to do in our research. We think that Marx’s
argumentation in CAPITAL (in particular his analysis regarding the
concept of Social Capital - “Gesamptkapital”) hints at a reasoning
that is close to Nicos Poulantzas’ (and Althusser's) conception of the
capitalist state. Hence, in our work we drew heavily upon these
analyses, without though going into the relevant debates regarding
state theory. Of course, we are familiar with the influential works of
Miliband and of Fred Block.

In solidarity,

John

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Dave Zachariah <davez@kth.se> wrote:
> On 2010-04-23 14:00, John Milios wrote:
>> You can find in pdf format my recently published co-authored book
>> (Rethinking Imperialism. An Essay on Capitalist Rule, by John Milios
>> and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, Palgrave/McMillan, 2009) at:
>>
>
> Thanks a lot! Seems to be very interesting work, and far more rigorous
> than the theory of imperialism that was discussed on OPE-L recently.
>
> A historical-materialist theory of imperialism presupposes a theory of
> the state. Looking through the list of references I did not find Ralph
> Miliband and more importantly Fred Block. Are you familiar with the work
> of the latter?
>
> //Dave Z
>
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