Monday, April 7, 2014

Marx's Early Writings on Transcending Capitalism

MARX'S EARLY WRITINGS ON TRANSCENDING CAPITALISM
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2014
6:00-8:00 PM
Westside Peace Center
3916 Sepulveda Blvd., near Venice Blvd. (free parking in rear)
Suite 101-102, press #22 at door to get into building
Culver City (LA area)

Speaker:
ALI KIANI, Iranian Marxist activist and translator

In contrast to the traditional view that Marx's work is restricted to a critique of capitalism and does not contain a detailed or coherent conception of its alternative, this presentation will focus on aspects of his early critiques of political economy, from the POVERTY OF PHILOSOPHY (1847) through the GRUNDRISSE (1857-58). We will discuss the notion, developed recently in Peter Hudis's MARX'S CONCEPT OF THE ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM, that Marx was committed to a specific concept of a post-capitalist society that informed his critique of value production, alienated labor, and capitalist accumulation. Instead of focusing on the present with only a passing reference to the future, Marx's emphasis on capitalism's tendency towards dissolution is rooted in a specific conception of what should replace it. We will critically re-examine that conception in the context of the quest for an alternative to capitalism, something that has taken on increased importance today.

Suggested reading: Ch. 2 of Peter Hudis, MARX'S CONCEPT OF THE ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM (Haymarket Books, 2013)

Sponsored by the West Coast Chapter, International Marxist-Humanist Organization

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