The Time-Spaces of Capitalism

Suzanne De Brunhoff and Monetary Thought After Marx

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ID21634805
AuthorsLaurent Baronian (0000-0003-0355-7755, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume43
Issue3
Pages420-432
Publication date2021-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the History of Economic Thought (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-8372 • E-ISSN: 1469-9656
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1053837220000218
OpenAlexW3173877886
LanguageEN
References cited14

The paper is dedicated to Suzanne de Brunhoff’s monetary thought and shows how her analysis of very concrete monetary and financial problems of her time led her to develop the most innovative contributions to Marxist theory of money since classical Marxism. Concepts such as non-contemporaneity of capitalism with itself, pseudo-social validation, conflict centralization, or State management of money and labor power reflect her profound analysis of the ways capitalism generates very particular relations to space and time. By looking at this spatio-temporal dimension of de Brunhoff’s concepts, this paper aims to reveal the novelty, power, and fruitfulness of her monetary analysis. The first part of the paper seeks to define the meaning of the concept of general equivalent, drawing on her reading of Karl Marx’s Capital , before situating her approach in relation to institutionalist theories of money. The second part considers de Brunhoff’s analysis of the particular time-spaces of capitalism

Capitalism · Economics · Epistemology · Financial capital · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Novelty · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Economic Theory and Policy · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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