«Tras las huellas de un fantasma. La actualidad de Karl Marx, de Marcello Musto (coord.)»: Jaime Ortega
Siglo XXI: México, 2011, 252 págs.Matinal de debat: «Però…no seria millor sortir de l’euro?» amb Pedro Montes
Dissabte, 26 de gener de 2013, 10:00 h
Amb la participació de Pedro Montes,
Pedro Montes, economista, fou membre del Servicio de Estudios del Banco de España, autor de: «Historia inacabada del Euro» i actualment és president de «SocialismoXXI»:
Lloc: Carrer Marquès del Campo Sagrado, 22 (Metro Paral·lel i Poble Sec) – 08015 Barcelona
Organitza: Espai Marx
«The Universal and the Particulars in Hegel’s Logic and Marx’s Capital»: Fred Moseley
I have argued in a number of papers (please see References) that there are two main stages (or levels of abstraction) in Marx’s theory in Capital. The first stage has to do with the production of surplus-value and the determination of the total surplus-value, and the second stage has to do with the distribution of surplus-value and the division of the pre-determined total surplus-value into individual parts (equal rates of profit, commercial profit, interest, and rent). The total amount of surplus-value is determined at the first stage (the production of surplus-value) and then this predetermined magnitude is presupposed in the second stage (the distribution of surplus-value). This key quantitative presupposition of the prior determination of the total surplus-value is repeated many times, in all the drafts of Capital, as I have shown in my papers. Thus, there is a clear logical progression from the determination of the magnitude of the total surplus-value in the first stage to the determination of the individual parts in the second stage. Other authors who have presented similar interpretations of the production and distribution of surplus-value and the prior determination of the total surplus-value in Marx’s theory include Paul Mattick, Roman Rosdolsky, Enrique Dussel, David Yaffe, and Duncan Foley.
«La onda larga capitalista en España 1954-2002»: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo
Resumen
El presente artículo se propone analizar la onda larga de la acumulación de capital en el periodo 1954-2002 en España. En la primera parte, se expone el marco teórico de la investigación. La macroeconomía clásica de la teoría laboral del valor distingue un doble proceso de ajuste (lento y rápido) entre la oferta y la demanda agregadas, lo que conduce a teorizar un equilibrio de corto y largo plazo, respectivamente, alrededor de los cuales fluctúan las economías capitalistas bajo una situación de desequilibrio permanente.
Posteriormente, se exponen las tendencias básicas de largo plazo de las economías capitalistas, donde la rentabilidad del capital juega un papel fundamental. En la segunda parte, se realiza una aplicación empírica de los elementos teóricos expuestos para el caso de España. En primer lugar, se estima el producto de largo plazo y ciclo económico para distinguir las tendencias de largo plazo de las fluctuaciones cíclicas. Posteriormente, se analiza el comportamiento de largo plazo de la economía española en el último medio siglo a partir de variables relevantes como la rentabilidad, el crecimiento, el progreso tecnológico, el desempleo o la inflación. Por último, se concluye que la evidencia empírica presentada revela que el caso de España siguió los patrones fundamentales de la onda larga capitalista mundial descritos por la macroeconomía clásica.
Palabras clave: España, onda larga, rentabilidad, acumulación, crecimiento económico.
«The Ideal in Human Activity»: Reviewed by Alex Levant
E.V. Ilyenkov
The Ideal in Human Activity
Marxist Internet Archive Publications (www.marxists.org), Pacifica CA, 2009. 396pp. $25 pb
ISBN 9780980542875
The Ideal in Human Activity by E. V. Ilyenkov is a substantial tome consisting of two complete books and three articles, which offers for the first time in the form of a single volume the majority of this renowned Soviet philosopher’s work currently available in English translation. This publication constitutes an important intervention in the problem of consciousness, which has figured prominently in the canon of Western social and political thought from Plato to the present. Theories about the origin and nature of human thought have fundamentally shaped our notions of politics, taking a substantial turn in the nineteenth century in light of the critical significance that Marx ascribed to the role of consciousness in the process of revolution (Lowy 2005, p. 10). Consequently, the key debates on political organization in classical Marxism turned on the question of how to displace the hegemony of ruling ideas produced by false consciousness with the objectively correct perspective articulated by the class-conscious vanguard of the proletariat in the form of the communist party (Lukacs 1971; 2000; Second Congress of the Comintern 1977). But when the organizational innovations ascribed to Lenin (Lih 2005) did not yield in Central and Western Europe the same results ‘as in Russia’, the principal figures of a tradition retrospectively known as Western Marxism (Anderson 1976), set out in the early 1920s to re-examine some of the most foundational concepts on which the problem of consciousness rests in an effort ‘to rescue Marxism from positivism and crude materialism’ (Jacoby 1983, p. 524).

A iniciativa de dedicarmos uma página especial do blog à problemática do “Marxismo e Feminismo” surgiu de uma provocativa e efusiva manifestação de uma leitora, Eduarda de Lemos, que nos escreveu por ocasião do lançamento do blog. Nessa oportunidade, ela afirmava “é de enlouquecer por aqui olhando as publicações (do blog), sem contar que está bem organizado!”; igualmente fazia uma sugestão para que se criasse um tópico especial sobre marxismo-feminismo no blog. Nossa leitora, inclusive, reconhecia que nele já havia alguns textos sobre o tema, “mas ficaria lindamente lilás se tivessem muitos outros”.
Resumen
Sinopsis: Con gran rigor histórico, narra un retrato de la líder socialista Rosa Luxemburg, desde fines del siglo XIX hasta su muerte en 1919. El guión de cuatro partes y un prólogo presenta a Rosa durante prisión en Wronke, en 1917. La primera parte retrocede a fines del siglo pasado y comienzos del actual. Rosa Luxemburgo se halla al principio de su carrera como periodista de cuestiones políticas y militante del partido socialista. Más que el éxito profesional, desea ser una mujer al lado de Leo Jogiches, su amante y compañero de lucha. Luego de una breve estadía en Varsovia, adonde acude Rosa para prestar su apoyo a la primera Revolución Rusa, se ve detenida y encarcelada por este motivo, hasta que los compañeros del Partido Socialista alemán obtienen su rescate. En 1906, regresa a Berlín. A partir de ese momento, su historia es narrada en forma cronológica hasta su muerte en enero de 1919. Estas informaciones históricas acerca de la revolucionaria Rosa Luxemburgo constituyen una parte importante en el film. Pero igual importancia posee la descripción del mundo de esta mujer.
“It is said that one should live with one’s times. These times are dying. Are we then to rot and disappear along with them?”
Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Capitalismo, Desenvolvimentismo e Barbárie
Pasajes. Revista de Pensamiento contemporáneo
Abstract: This article focuses on the experiences of two researchers, Wolff-Michael ROTH and Luis RADFORD, using cultural-historical activity theory in mathematics education. The aim is to provide insights into the ways these researchers see and engage with activity theory, how they have come to adopt and expand it, and some of the challenges and concerns that they have had using it. These questions are not usually addressed within typical scientific papers. Yet, they are important for understanding both the dynamics of research and the practical use of cultural-historical activity theory. Since the format of research report papers is not necessarily well suited to convey personal experiences and thinking, the present article takes the form of a conversation, which provides an effective vehicle for exploring and articulating these matters. This provides a basis for understanding more deeply the underlying assumptions of this theory; its dynamics and how it is applied in research of mathematics practice, thinking, and learning; and insights into the manner in which experienced researchers grapple with the theoretical dimensions of their research.
Entrevista con Michael Löwy :: “La experiencia de la Comuna de París inspiró a la Revolución Rusa y aun hoy en día es un ejemplo de autoemancipación revolucionaria”






















