Accumulation by Dispossession and Anti-Capitalist Struggles : A Long Historical Perspective

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serval:BIB_5BA0285160EB
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Accumulation by Dispossession and Anti-Capitalist Struggles : A Long Historical Perspective
Journal
Science & Society
Author(s)
Batou  Jean
ISSN
0036-8237
ISSN-L
0036-8237
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/01/2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
79
Number
1
Pages
11-37
Language
english
Abstract
David Harvey has suggested the term accumulation. by dispossession to capture the necessarily enduring role of primitive accumulation in the development of mature capitalism, particularly within "the new imperialism." But this terminological change should be clearly limited, which is not always the case, to an attempt at better qualifying the functioning of primitive accumulation in the history of capitalism as a dependent variable of expanded capital accumulation. The dialectic between accumulation by dispossession and expanded accumulation, both being increasingly deeply intertwined, follows cycles that are best understood historically using the Marxist theory of long waves. Last but not least, in socio-political terms, there is a close relationship of strategic importance between the relative weight of accumulation by dispossession in a given period, and the need for exploited wage earners to build alliances with other dispossessed layers of the population.
Keywords
Unequal development, Primitive accumulation, Accumulation by dispossession, Marxism
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