The Housing Question , ground rent theory, and differentiation vs. homogenization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12979463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesca Manning (0000-0001-9376-0321, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-242 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/19427786211019189 |
| OpenAlex | W3170723495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 87 |
This essay takes Engels’ The Housing Question as a provocation to (1) apply ground rent theory to housing (something which Engels neglected to do) and (2) investigate Engels’ conflation of housing struggles with the concerns of a “backwards” peasantry. I show that applying Marx’s ground rent theory to housing illuminates aspects of the housing question heretofore unexamined—in particular, the significance of the relationship between landowner and capitalist in housing. I then show that Engels’ dismissal of housing struggles and land-based struggles more broadly is rooted in the specious belief that proletarianization homogenizes people. Engels’ spurious logic nonetheless sets in relief an important connection: I suggest that only through grasping what Cedric Robinson has called racialization or differentiation and what Sylvia Wynter has named nonhomogeneity can we recognize the theoretical and practical centrality of housing and other land-based struggles to revolution and abolition
Archaeology · Centrality · Conflation · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Racialization · Sociology · Stock (firearms · Subdivision · Veblen good · Gender Studies · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |