The Radical Turn I

 

I. Marx in history

 

1.   Critic of modernity

2.   Historical setting

a) Working conditions

b)  Rebellion and revolution

 

II. Marx’s tasks

 

1.   Historical

a) Contradictions of capitalist epoch

b) Specificity of change/transition

2.   Political

      a) Capitalism is historical, not timeless

 

III) Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism

 

1.   Reorganization of class relations

     a) Free wage labour and capital

·        Wage ‘contract’