The Power of Love: Diamonds and the Accumulation of De Beers -- Video and Chartbook

The Power of Love: Diamonds and the Accumulation of De Beers -- Video and Chartbook
Cochrane, DT. (2013). 19 November. (Lecture / Presentation; English).

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Abstract or Brief Description

Through the early-20th century, the power of the De Beers’ diamond cartel was dwindling. Its resurrection came with WWII. The company’s reversal of fortune required the construction and maintenance of relations with romantic couples, industrial diamond users, multiple government agencies and diamonds themselves. This presentation will examine De Beers’ accumulation and the translation of these qualitative relationships into capital.

This presentation is the fourth in a four-part Speaker Series on the Capitalist Mode of Power. The series is organized by capitalaspower.com and sponsored by the York Department of Political Science and the Graduate Programme in Social and Political Thought.

Language

English

Publication Type

Lecture / Presentation

Keywords

accumulation De Beers diamonds power qualities quantities

Subject

BN Region - Africa
BN Agency
BN Institutions
BN Power
BN Culture
BN Region - North America
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Business Enterprise
BN Value & Price

Depositing User

Jonathan Nitzan

Date Deposited

20 Mar 2014

Last Modified

09 Apr 2016 22:15

URL:

http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/id/eprint/385

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