Return to Marx - and Then Beyond

This book examines the current bourgeoisie capitalism. Capitalism is addressed as a unique concrete historically reality. This mode of production inherits traditional pre-modern social forms that are cultivated as national identities. National sentiments are expressed as honor of possessions that are identified through diverse 'we' and preserved as 'our values'. Capitalism transforms and modifies such pre -modern heritages into an undistinguishable mix of both modern and pre-modern social forms. Focus in this book will be on the unique material features of capitalism. Attention will be provided to the works of Karl Marx, particularly the second volume of Capital, where Marx apparently got stuck. His deadlock indicates a serious deficit associated with investigations of accumulation and innovation. Innovation and accumulation will, in this book, be linked to uncertainty and reoccurring crises that signify the incapacities of the capitalist system to operate as a viable mode of production.