Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder"

Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder"
Mathoor, Vineeth. (2011). Capital & Class. Vol. 35. No. 2. June. pp. 337-340. (Review; English).

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Abstract or Brief Description

FROM THE REVIEW: "Capitalism is the 'natural reality' of the day: we live in and with its beauty and perplexities. As of now, we seem to be helpless before its gigantic leap forward and submit ourselves to its power. The rules by which we abide, the morals we keep and the very life we love to cherish all sprout up, engage, adjust, fight in and with the different manifestations of capitalism, and owe much debt to its intricate legacies. But do we know what capitalism really is? And how do we know that what we know of capitalism is accurate? This book brilliantly examines and rigorously analyses these very old questions of political economy and the theoretical attempts to define capitalism in its political, social and philosophical sense, situating them in the classical political economy of the 18th and 19th centuries."

Language

English

Publication Type

Review

Keywords

capital political economy

Subject

BN Civilization & Social Systems
BN Theory
BN State & Government
BN Industrial Organization
BN Institutions
BN International & Global
BN Power
BN Business Enterprise
BN Value & Price
BN Crisis
BN War & Peace
BN Money & Finance
BN Conflict & Violence
BN Ideology
BN Methodology
BN Distribution
BN Philosophy
BN Agency
BN Resistance
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Class

ID Code

315

Deposited On

02 July 2011

Commentary/Response Threads

• Nitzan, Jonathan and Bichler, Shimshon. Capital as Power. A Study of Order and Creorder. (deposited 29 November 2010)
  • Brennan, Jordan. Theory of Capital Makes a Comeback. New Strategies for the Study of Society (Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Captial as Power"). (deposited 12 September 2009)
  • Nitzan, Jonathan. Invitation for a seminar on the current crisis followed by a book launch of CAPITAL AND POWER. (deposited 22 October 2009)
  • Brennan, Jordan. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Captial as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 18 December 2009)
  • Cochrane, DT. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 06 June 2012)
  • Martin, Ulf and D'Alessio, Nestor and Wolf, Harald. Kapital als Macht und imaginäre Institution: Eine Einführung in die Kapitalmachttheorie von Jonathan Nitzan und Shimshon Bichler. (deposited 12 May 2010)
  • Fisher, Mark. From the Economic Crisis to Fanaticism, Three New Publications Explore the Meaning of Capital (Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder"). (deposited 30 August 2010)
  • Cochrane, DT and Nitzan, Jonathan. Capital as Power: An Audio Interview with Jonathan Nitzan. (deposited 06 June 2012)
  • Mathoor, Vineeth. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 02 July 2011) [Currently Displayed]
  • Hansen, Bue Rübner. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 20 August 2011)
  • Larudee, Mehrene. Review of Nitzan and Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 26 August 2011)
  • Regilme, Salvador Santino F. Jr. Book Review: Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler, "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 31 May 2012)
  • Soong, C. S. and Nitzan, Jonathan. Rethinking Capital (Two-Part Radio Interview with Jonathan Nitzan). (deposited 14 June 2012)
  • Wolf, Harald. 'Capital as Power' - Notiz zu einem neuen Forschungsansatz und einer Konferenz ('Capital as Power' - notice on a new research approach and a conference). (deposited 17 December 2012)