Lakshmi Rhone wrote: > (I also wonder whether such a message is implicit in Brenner's institutional > analysis of the differences between pre-capitalist and capitalist social > relations in his contribution to Analytical Marxism. ..., a finer example of > the the analysis of the logic of institutions than what A &R offer).
If I remember correctly, the difference between capitalism and feudalism (or other pre-capitalist class systems) in Brenner's story is not about "inclusiveness." Under feudalism, the lords can get a larger surplus product by "squeezing" the direct producers on the land using force (direct coercion) and are thus likely to take advantage of that opportunity (while technical change usually involves new weapons). Under capitalism, in contrast, the coercion is institutionalized as the reserve army of labor, so for the landlords this option is largely replaced by technical change in production. -- Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you should at least know the nature of that evil. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
