Class struggle
Starosta, G. (2003). Scientific Knowledge and Political Action: On the Antinomies of Lukács’ Thought in “History and Class Consciousness”. Science & Society, 67(1), 39–67.
ABSTRACT Lukàcs’ theory of reification as developed in History and Class Consciousness represents an interesting approach to revolutionary subjectivity that goes beyond the objectivism of traditional Marxist accounts. However, his Weberian leanings hindered the concretization of his profound initial insights, and ended up generating antinomies he could not solve. Fundamentally, the basic contradiction of Lukàcs’ theory of reification lies in the gulf … Read more
Iñigo Carrera, J. (2002b). ¿Qué crisis? [Which crisis?], Razón y Revolución, (9), 91–94.
ABSTRACT El autor estudia la evolución de la economía argentina desde la década del sesenta a partir de indicadores como el PBI para desentrañar la naturaleza de su crisis actual. KEYWORDS: Argentina; Crisis; Empleo; PBI. DOWNLOAD PDF (IN SPANISH)
Starosta, G. (2004). Rethinking Marx’s Mature Social Theory. Editorial Introduction. Historical Materialism, 12(3), 43–52.
ABSTRACT Editorial introduction to the Symposium on Moishe Postone’s Time, Labor and Social Domination. KEYWORDS: Alienation; Capital as subject; Real subsumption; Class struggle. DOWNLOAD PDF
Starosta, G. (2007b). Value form and class struggle: A critique of the autonomist theory of value. (en colaboración con Kicillof, A.) Capital & Class, 31(2), 13–40.
ABSTRACT This paper develops a critique of the ‘class struggle’ theory of value that emerged out of the autonomist Marxist tradition, arguing that although this theory has the merit of putting forward a production-centred, value-form approach, it eventually fails to grasp the determinations of value-producing labour. In particular, the notion of value as a mode of existence of the class struggle inverts … Read more
Guevara, S. (2010a). La acción gremial de los trabajadores automotrices en Argentina, desde la posdevaluación hasta la crisis actual [The trade union action of the automotive workers in Argentina, from postdevaluation to the current crisis]. Latin American profiles, 18 (36), 121 – 141.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the characteristics that shaped the actions of the employees of the automotive companies in Argentina during the growth process of the industry until the beginning of the current crisis, in order to contribute to the knowledge of the prospects and limitations of those actions. From the viewpoint of industrial relations, changes … Read more
Guevara, S. (2011b). El MERCOSUR a la luz de la industria automotriz: integración productiva, intensificación del trabajo y acumulación de capital [MERCOSUR trough the light of the automotive industry: Productive integration, labor intensification and capital accumulation]. Studia Politicae, (23), 52–74.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of the research that crystallised in a doctoral thesis. The latter analysed the determination of the process of integration of automotive industry in Mercosur. From there analysed the conditions and prospects for political action in the region. In this analysis, we discover the effects of labour flexibility and the … Read more
Caligaris, G. (2012). Clases sociales, lucha de clases y Estado en el desarrollo de la crítica de la economía política [Social classes, class-struggle and state in the development of Marx´s critique of political economy]. En G. Caligaris & A. Fitzsimons (Eds.), Relaciones económicas y políticas. Aportes para el estudio de su unidad con base en la obra de Karl Marx (pp. 72–91). Buenos Aires: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.
ABSTRACT In this chapter, a critical and detailed reading chapter 10 of Marx´s Capital is presented. The main goal of this review is to expound the general explanation of social classes, class-struggle and state emerging from the development of Marx´s critique of political economy. Even it´s not specifically presented here, this reading opposes both to the … Read more
Guevara, S. (2012c). La lucha de clases en la industria automotriz del MERCOSUR y la reproducción de la acumulación de capital regional [Class struggle in MERCOSUR automotive industry and reproduction of regional capital accumulation]. Razón y Revolución, (23), 141-155
ABSTRACT In this paper, the author assumes the class struggle as the way developed by capitalist social relation through which the process of capital accumulation is played normally because through it resolves the sale value of the labor-power. This paper presents a synthetic development of this determination of the class struggle to analyse a particular … Read more
Guevara, S. (2012b). Trabajadores de la industria terminal automotriz del MERCOSUR: acciones ante la nueva etapa de la crisis de superproducción mundial del capital [Workers in the MERCOSUR automotive finishing industry: actions in the light of the new stage in the worldwide capital superproduction crisis]. Espacio abierto. Cuaderno Venezolano de Sociología, 21(1), 5-35.
ABSTRACT The work presented herein analyses the impact that the current global crisis is having on workers in the MERCOSUR auto industry and on the sector in general. The study will systematise and analyse information generated by business and union organisations on the effect of the crisis in terms of production, sales and employment and … Read more