Historical specificity and social form

Political Marxism and Open Marxism in conversation

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ID21522331
AutoresJack Copley (0000-0002-0113-5877, Durham University), Alexis Moraitis (0000-0003-3230-7106, Lancaster University, autor correspondente), Javier Moreno Zacarés (0000-0001-5918-3081, Durham University), Teddy Paikin (0009-0001-0615-1489, McGill University), sam salour (0000-0001-6466-068X, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Ano2026
Data de publicação2026-06-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCapital & Class (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0309-8168 • E-ISSN: 2041-0980
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/03098168261461661
OpenAlexW7165735243
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas36

This is the introductory article to the special issue on the convergences and divergences in Political and Open Marxism. It traces the historical and intellectual origins of these traditions and their original contributions to the theorisation of capitalism. It explores how their shared concern with the historical specificity of capitalism’s social forms challenged the established dogmas of Orthodox Marxism. The article also sheds light on their methodological differences as well as their respective approach to the post-1970s trajectory of accumulation. Finally, it presents the five contributions to the special issue

Civil discourse · Conversation · Intellectual history · Politics · Social theory · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci