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Open Marxism OPEN MARXISM Edited by Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn and Kosmas Psychopedis VOLUME II THEORY AND P.RACTICE PLUTO 4~ PRESS Contents vi Acknowledgements First published 1992 by Pluto Press vii Contributors 345 Archway Road, London N65AA xi Introduction Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis Copyright © 1992 individual authors 1 Against Historical Materialism: Marxism as First-Order 1 Discourse All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in Richard Gunn whole or in part by any means without the prior 46 permission of the publisher 2 Historical Materialist Science, Crisis and Commitment Joseph Fracchia and Cheyney Ryan A catalogue record for this book is availablefrom the British Library 3 Interpretation of the Class Situation Today: Methodological Aspects 69 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Antonio Negri Open Marxism/edited by Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, 4 The Inversion of Class Perspective in Marxian Theory: and Kosmas Psychopedis. 106 390 p. 22 cm. From Valorisation to Self-Valorisation Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Harry Cleaver Contents: vv L Dialectics and history - v. 2. Theory and 145 practice. 5 Crisis, Fetishism, Class Composition ISBN 0-7453-0424-9 (v.1) ISBN 0-7453-0425-7 hb (v.2): John Holloway ISBN 0-7453-0424-9 (v.1) ISBN 0-7453-6425-7 hb (v.2): 170 I. Philosophy, Marxist. I. Bonefield, Werner, 1960- Index II. Gunn, Richard, 1947- III. Psychopedis, Kosmas. BF809.8.058 1991 335.4'11 - dc20 91-8323 elP Typeset by Centracet, Cambridge Printed and bound by Antony Rowe Ltd, Eastbourne ._------_---.~ Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors We should like to extend thanks to Michael Hardt who translated Werner Bonefeld lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh, the article .by Negri. Grants supplied by the University of Edinburgh is the author of''The Reformulation of State Theory', Capital &,' made possible the coordination of our editorial work. Class, no. 33 (1987); 'Open Marxism', Common Sense, no. 1 (1987); and is co-editor (with John Holloway) of Post-Fordism and Social Form (London, 1991). Werner Bonefeld is actively involved in the Conference of Socialist Economists, has been a member of the editorial board of Capital & Class and is a member of the editorial collection of Common Sense. Harry Cleaver holds a professorship in the Department of Econ­ omics, University of Texas at Austin. A noted proponent of autono­ mist thought in the United States, he is the author of 'Food, Famine and the International Crisis', Zerowork, no. 2 (1977); 'Supply-side Economics: Splendori e miserie', Metropoli no. 7 (1981); 'Reagan­ isme et rapports de classe aux Etats-Unis', in M.-B. Tahon and A. Corten (eds), L'Italie: le philosophe et le gendarme (Montreal, 1986; 'The Uses of an Earthquake', Common Sense, no. 8, Edinburgh (1989); 'Close the IMP, Abolish Debt and End Development: A Class Analysis of the International Debt Crisis', Capital & C.lass,no. 39, London (1989). His Reading Capital Politically (Austin, Texas) appeared in 1979 and he has been involved in the translation of Antonio Negri's work into English. Harry Cleaver has been an editor of Zerowork. Joseph Fraccbia studied history and philosophy at the University of California, Davis. He also spent two years studying social theory at Georg August University in Gottingen. Since 1986, he has been teaching at the University of Oregon. His book Die Marxsche Aufhebung der Philosophie, und der Philosophische Marxismus appeared in 1987. vii viii Open Marxism Notes on Contributors ix Richard Gunn lectures in political theory at the Department of released from prison, but, several months later, the parliament Politics; University of Edinburgh. He is the author of 'Marxism and revoked his immunity and he once again fled to France. In his Ic.eas of Power and Participation', in J. Bloomfield (ed.), Class, absence, he was condemned to 30 years' imprisonment. The con­ Hegemony and Party, (London, 1977); 'Is Nature Dialectical?', ditions of his trial have been criticised by Amnesty International. Marxism Today, vol. 21, no. 2, London (1977); 'Practical Reflexivity Presently, Negri teaches political science at the University of Paris in Marx' and 'Marxism. and Mediation', Common Sense, nos 1 and VIII. English-language translations of Negri's work include: Marx 2, Edinburgh (1987); 'Marxism and Philosophy: A Critique of Beyond Marx (South Hadley, 1984); Revolution Retrieved (London, Critical Realism', Capital & Class, no. 37, London (1989); 'Marxism, 1988); The Politics of Subversion (Cambridge, 1989); The Savage Metatheory and Critique', in W. Bonefeld/J. Holloway (eds), Post­ Anomaly: The Power of Spinoza's Metaphysics and Politics (Minne­ Fordism and Social Form (London 1991); 'Reclaiming Experience', sota, 1990). Science as Culture no 11 (1991) London, A recent publication is 'Marxism and common sense', Common Sense, no. 11, Edinburgh Kosmas Psychopedis studied at the Universities of Athens and 1991. Richard Gunn is actively involved in the Conference of Frankfurt and has been a professor of Political Science at the Socialist Economists, has been a member of the editorial boards of University of Gottingen and at the Panteios School of Political Capital & Class and is a member of the editorial collective of Science in Athens. He currently holds a professorship in the Depart­ Common' Sense. ment of Economics at the University of Athens. His publications include 'Die Moglichkeit der Gesellschaftsphilosophie bei Hegel', John Holloway lectures in the Department of Politics, University of Gesellschaft: Beitrage zur Marxschen Theorie, vol. 5 (Frankfurt a.M., Edinburgh. His publications include 'The Red Rose of Nissan', 1975); 'Notes on Mediation-Analysis', Common Sense, no. 5 (1988); Capital & Class, no. 32, London (1987); 'Learning to Bow, Post­ 'Crisis of Theory in the Contemporary Social Sciences', in W. Fordism and Technological Determinism' (with E. Pelaez), Science Bonefeld and J. Holloway (eds), Post-Fordism and Social Form as Culture, London (1989); 'State as Class Practice', Research in (London, 1991); Untersuchungen zur politischen Theorie I. Kants Political Economy, vol. 3, (1980); State and Capital: A Marxist (Gottingen, 1980); and Geschichte und Methode (Frankfurt a.MI Debate (edited with S. Picciotto) (London, 1978); In and Against the New York, 1984). State (with others, as the London Edinburgh Weekend Return Group) (London 1980); Post-Fordism and Social Form (edited with Cheyney Ryan attended Harvard University, from which he was W. Bonefeld)(London, 1991). John Holloway has been actively expelled for political activity, and Boston University, from which he involved in the Conference of Socialist Economists and has taught as was also expelled for such activity and then readmitted to receive his a guest professor at the University of Mexico. Ph.D. in 1974. Since then he has taught at the University of Oregon, where he is currently Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Peace Antonio Negri held a professorship of philosophy of law and state Studies Programme. He has published in philosophy, economics, doctrine at the University of Padova, where he founded the Institute sociology and law journals. His recent publications include 'Liberal­ of Political Science. During the 1960s and 1970s he was a member of ism - Equality and Exploitation', Revue Internationale de Philos­ the editorial boards of autonomist journals. In 1977, forced to leave ophy, Paris (1988); and 'Recognition and Visions of Equality', Italy following an investigation into his thought and editorial activi­ Georgia Law Review (1990). He is also a playwright whose work has ties, Negri went to Paris where he was named professor at the been performed throughout the United States. University of Paris VII and at the Ecole Normale Superieure. In 1979, during the course of a second investigation, Negri was accused of being the 'brains' of Italian terrorism. After four and a half years of detention without trial in special prisons, Negri was elected as deputy to the Italian parliament. According to Italian law, he was Introduction WERNER BONEFELD, RICHARD GUNN, KOSMAS PSYCHOPEDIS The present volume continues where our first left off: we turn .from the notion of dialectics and history to the notion of the unity of theory and pratice. Theory and practice cannot be separated from the open Marxist debate on history and dialectics; both presuppose and are the result of each other. Such was implied in our introduction; to Volume One where we outlined the notion of an open Marxism.. In the present introduction we take the 'definition' of open Marxism for granted and launch directly into addressing the issue of theory and practice within the open. Marxist debate. The aim of the volume is to elucidate the relationship between theory and practice and to explore some of the issues to which it gives rise. These issues include the epistemological foundations of Marxist theory (Gunn/Fracchia and Ryan), class and self-determination (CleaverlNegri) and fetish­ ism and class composition (Holloway). None of our contributors would be likely to agree with each other on the precise understanding of the unity of theory and practice, nor for that matter on the relation between structure and struggle upon which the notion of the unityof theory and practice turns. However, a common concern of our contributors is their rejection of an understanding of practice as merely attendant upon the unfolding of structural or deterministic 'laws'. This common concern might be summed
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