Peace-for-War

Peace-for-War
Holmes, Brian. (2006). Presentation at Munich, Germany. 23 July. (Lecture / Presentation; English).

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http://dictionaryofwar.org/en-dict/taxonomy/term/51, http://v2v.cc/v2v/Peace-for-War_-_Brian_Holmes, http://www.16beavergroup.org/mtarchive/archives/001958print.html, http://multitudes.samizdat.net/Peace-for-war.html

Abstract or Brief Description

FROM THE LECTURE: The concept I’m going to present draws directly from the work of Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan. It describes the economic phases of "depth" and "breadth," and correlates them with the first- and second-order cybernetics of control. It attempts to situate the functions of cultural-communicational labor within these economic phases. It questions those autonomist Marxists who thought it would be possible to transform a broadly expansionary phase of capitalism, like that of the ‘90s, into a qualitatively different society. It’s not a polemic, but seeks to open up a field of strategic debate. It doesn’t assert a future, but observes the unfolding of the present into the depths of violence, which has robbed resistance movements of their potential, again. The concept is Peace-for-War.

Duration of video presentation: 39 Minutes (large file)

Language

English

Publication Type

Lecture / Presentation

Keywords

Arms accumulation capital capitalism conflict corporation crisis distribution elite energy finance globalization growth imperialism GPE liberalism Middle East military national interest neoliberalism oil OPEC ownership peace power profit ruling class security stagflation state stock market technology TNC United States US violence war

Subject

BN Civilization & Social Systems
BN Theory
BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Cooperation & Collective Action
BN Industrial Organization
BN Civil Society
BN Hegemony
BN Institutions
BN Power
BN International & Global
BN Region - North America
BN Business Enterprise
BN Value & Price
BN Crisis
BN Production
BN War & Peace
BN Money & Finance
BN Conflict & Violence
BN Science & Technology
BN History
BN Ideology
BN Methodology
BN Agency
BN Comparative
BN Resistance
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Policy
BN Class
BN Growth

ID Code

216

Deposited On

12 February 2007

Commentary/Response Threads

• Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. Dominant Capital and the New Wars. (deposited 29 January 2007)
  • Holmes, Brian. Peace-for-War. (deposited 12 February 2007) [Currently Displayed]
  • Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. From Welltop to Laptop?. (deposited 12 May 2008)