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Caligaris, G., & Starosta, G. (2015). La crítica marxiana de la dialéctica hegeliana. De la reproducción ideal de un proceso ideal a la reproducción ideal de un proceso real [The marxian critique of the hegelian dialectic. From the ideal reproduction of an ideal process to the ideal reproduction of a real process]. Praxis Filosófica, (41), 81–112

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ABSTRACT This article examines the connection between Hegel’s and Marx’s respective dialectical methods in the light of the recent Marxist debates on the subject matter. It argues that the development of the Marxian critique of political economy cannot uncritically appropriate the content or the form of Hegel’s dialectical method. More specifically, the article submits that … Read more

Hirsch, D., & Rio, V. (2015). Teorías de la reproducción y teorías de la resistencia: una revisión del debate pedagógico desde la perspectiva materialista [Theories of reproduction and resistance: a review of the educational debate from the materialist perspective]. Foro de Educación, 13(18), 69–91.

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The question of whether school is a place for social transformation or not is a central issue to modern educational thought, particularly in the last decades of the twentieth century. «Theories of resistance» of the 80’s and 90’s aimed to show the transformative potential of schooling through the development of a critical pedagogy, in clear response to the so called «theories of reproduction», which in the 70›had denounced the role played by school in capitalism. This article aims to make a review of this discussion and, particularly, the antagonistic form in which it has been developed, from a materialist perspective. To that end, main classics of both group of theories will be analyzed identifying that, although they seem antagonist, they coincide on one central point: the belief that capitalist social relations are imposed externally to the subject, to a supposal free subjectivity. While «theories of reproduction» argue that such domination can only be faced through class struggle, which can only be given outside school, «theories of resistance» argue that struggle may be developedin the ideological sphere within schooling. The premise of this article is that such external imposition is an appearance product of the alienated character of our consciousness, and does not allow to analyze that social relations, far from being imposed to our free will, are developed by us to organize social work. To transcend these appearances, a process of recognition of the general determinations of education in capitalism will be developed, in order to enable us to overcome a binary logic between reproduction and transformation, and think social transformation as part of the process of social organization itself.

Keywords: Schooling; Capitalist society; Social change; Critical pedagogy; Materialism.

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Caligaris, G. (2016a). La historia de la controversia marxista sobre la determinación del trabajo complejo en la producción de valor [The history of Marxist controversy over the determination of complex labour in the production of value]. Critica Marxista, (43), 45–65.

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ABSTRACT The solution provided by Marx to the question of ‘complex work’ in the explanation of the commodities’ value has been the subject of much controversy. However, almost a century and a half of debate, neither Marxists nor critics of Marx have managed to agree on its meaning and, even worse, among Marxists there is … Read more

Caligaris, G., & Starosta, G. (2017). Determinación actual e historia en la génesis del dinero. Una aproximación metodológica a la controversia sobre el carácter mercantil de la forma dineraria. En R. Escorcia Romo & M. L. Robles Báez (Eds.), Dinero y capital. Hacia una reconstrucción de la teoría del dinero de Marx (pp. 123–157). México: ITACA / UAM.

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ABSTRACT En este trabajo se discute la explicación de la naturaleza del dinero ofrecida por Marx desde un punto de vista metodológico. En particular, se examina la cuestión haciendo foco en el vínculo que tienen el desarrollo sistemático y el análisis histórico en la exposición dialéctica. Para ello, se toma como punto de partida el … Read more

Fitzsimons, A., & Starosta, G. (2018). Global capital, uneven development and national difference: Critical reflections on the specificity of accumulation in Latin America. Capital & Class, 42(1), 109-132.

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ABSTRACT A recent Special Issue in this journal devoted its pages to discuss the varied forms of capitalist development in different countries and regions across the globe. Specifically, the contributions offered a critical assessment of the hegemonic ‘neo-institutionalist’ approach to the study of national diversity of capitalism, with particular focus on the ‘varieties of capitalism’ … Read more

Dialectical Cognition. The regulation of the Action in its Form of Reproduction of Self-Necessity by thought

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Iñigo Carrera, Juan Dialectical Cognition. The regulation of the Action in its Form of Reproduction of Self-Necessity by thought CICP, Buenos Aires, 1992. ISBN: 950-798-000-8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Presentation Capital’s development into conscious revolutionary action. Critique of scientific theory Dialectical cognition; i.e., the regulation of action in its form of reproduction of self-necessity by thought Chapter … Read more

Caligaris, G. (2016b), Transformaciones recientes en el proceso de trabajo en la producción agraria pampeana: límites y potencialidades del proceso de ‘sojización’ [Recent transformations in labour process at the Pampas agricultural production: limits and potentialities of the ‘soybeanization’ process]. Revista Trabajo y Sociedad, Número 27, pp. 425-446.

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ABSTRACT This paper examines the recent material transformations that took place in the agrarian labour process in the Pampas in order to provide empirical evidence and elements for the analysis to the existing debate within the agrarian studies regarding the production and social implications of those transformations. For this purpose, an analysis on the so-called … Read more

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What is to be done? Does the question consists in not having had acted after interpreting the world, or is it the interpretation itself as the basis for organizing the transformative action, in which the problem lies.