Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism

The aim of the text is to point in the frequent crises in the world economy since the 1970s are not ordinary expressions of capitalist instability but a sign of a collapse of bourgeois social formation. The usual assertion that "capital is crisis" makes the empty reflection about its histo...

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Main Author: Maurílio Lima Botelho
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2018-01-01
Series:Revista Maracanan
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Online Access:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/maracanan/article/view/31274
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spelling doaj-295e07493f6044f6ae0c463a90c8f8a92020-11-24T22:19:26ZporUniversidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroRevista Maracanan1807-989X2359-00922018-01-0101815718010.12957/maracanan.2018.3127418311Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalismMaurílio Lima Botelho0Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)The aim of the text is to point in the frequent crises in the world economy since the 1970s are not ordinary expressions of capitalist instability but a sign of a collapse of bourgeois social formation. The usual assertion that "capital is crisis" makes the empty reflection about its history. It is not enough to stick to the merely factual description to show the news in crisis events. Only by facing categorically the historical process of capital is it possible to determine the collapse. We theoretically develop five processes that explain the originality of structural crash responsible for contemporary crises.https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/maracanan/article/view/31274CapitalCrise do TrabalhoCrise do EstadoGlobalização
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Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
Revista Maracanan
Capital
Crise do Trabalho
Crise do Estado
Globalização
author_facet Maurílio Lima Botelho
author_sort Maurílio Lima Botelho
title Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
title_short Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
title_full Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
title_fullStr Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
title_full_unstemmed Between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
title_sort between crises and collapse: five notes on the structural bankruptcy of capitalism
publisher Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
series Revista Maracanan
issn 1807-989X
2359-0092
publishDate 2018-01-01
description The aim of the text is to point in the frequent crises in the world economy since the 1970s are not ordinary expressions of capitalist instability but a sign of a collapse of bourgeois social formation. The usual assertion that "capital is crisis" makes the empty reflection about its history. It is not enough to stick to the merely factual description to show the news in crisis events. Only by facing categorically the historical process of capital is it possible to determine the collapse. We theoretically develop five processes that explain the originality of structural crash responsible for contemporary crises.
topic Capital
Crise do Trabalho
Crise do Estado
Globalização
url https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/maracanan/article/view/31274
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