Marx, Proudhon, and alternatives to capital
Posted: April 15th, 2009 | Author: Seth | Filed under: Alternatives to Capitalism, Economics | Tags: Alternatives to Capitalism, critique of the gotha program, marx, proudhon | 5 Comments »Marx’s critical dialogue with the work of the French anarchist thinker Pierre Joseph Proudhon spanned several decades–from his youth haunting the cafes of Paris, where he had occasion to meet Proudhon and discuss German philosophy, through the writing of the Grundrisse, Capital, and the Critique of the Gotha Program. While largely ignored in the present, Marx’s critique of Proudhon remains of real import for all of us struggling to break the hold of capital over our lives and our world.
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