Rethinking Capital (Two-Part Radio Interview with Jonathan Nitzan)

Rethinking Capital (Two-Part Radio Interview with Jonathan Nitzan)
Soong, C. S. and Nitzan, Jonathan. (2012). Against the Grain, KPFA 94.1 FM. 11 & 13 June. (Interview; English).

Full Text Available As: Other (Part 1 -- MP3 audio, File size: 48.1 MB) Other (Part 2 -- MP3 audio, File size: 49.2 MB)

Alternative Locations

http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/565/id/231204/mon-6-11-12-rethinking-capital, http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/567/id/241542/wed-6-13-12-capital-power-life-gone-viral

Abstract or Brief Description

FROM THE PROGRAM PAGE: "If capital accumulation is the single most important process of capitalism, then what is capital? We all might assume capital is an economic entity rooted in production and consumption, but Jonathan Nitzan claims otherwise. In Part One of the interview he argues that capital is, instead, a mode of power. He also describes the separation of economics from politics and the bifurcation of the economy into the real and nominal spheres. In Part Two, Nitzan brings up corporate profit-taking, the sabotage by capitalists of industry, and conflicts over energy. He also contends that the concept of the economy as a distinct, objective category needs to be discarded."

Part One: 52 minutes

Part Two: 32 minutes

Language

English

Publication Type

Interview

Keywords

capital capitalism cosmology Marxism neoclassical economics power science

Subject

BN Civilization & Social Systems
BN Theory
BN Data & Statistics
BN State & Government
BN Region - Middle East
BN Civil Society
BN Institutions
BN Power
BN International & Global
BN Business Enterprise
BN Value & Price
BN Production
BN War & Peace
BN Conflict & Violence
BN Money & Finance
BN History
BN Ideology
BN Distribution
BN Methodology
BN Agency
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Class

ID Code

335

Deposited On

14 June 2012

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)
  • 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) [Currently Displayed]
  • 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)
  • Alan, Freeman. Review of Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler's "Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder". (deposited 11 June 2013)