‘Capitalism’ as False Consciousness

Philip Graham

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‘Capitalism’ as False Consciousness

Philip Graham

Studies in Language and Capitalism, Vol.1, pp.57-76

2006

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Abstract

Communication and Media Studies

Marx

structures of debt

corporatist

labour

The assertion on which this paper is based is that Capitalism has been superseded by Corporatism. I put forward an argument as to why Marxist scholars can and should abandon the idea that Capitalism still exists based on Marx's approach to understanding political economy. Further, I argue that Marx's method can be deployed to better understand and change the corporatist system in which we are currently living first by understanding what it means to be "labour" in a system governed by complex structures of debt.

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Title: ‘Capitalism’ as False Consciousness
Authors: Philip Graham (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Studies in Language and Capitalism, Vol.1, pp.57-76
Publisher: Studies in Language and Capitalism
Date published: 2006
ISSN: 1757-5974
Organisation Unit: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451154102621
Output Type: Journal article

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