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7. On this, see, for example, Harvie (2006), Cuninghame (2009), Harvie and
De Angelis (2009).
8. It is sometimes suggested (see Day 2005: 157) that the argument in Change
the World (Holloway 2002/2005) is at heart an anarchist argument that
does not have the good grace or good manners to cite anarchist sources.
My reply is that the labelling of the argument does not matter, and for the
narrowness of my references I apologise. In the same way as I explained in
an earlier footnote that my citing of examples is shaped by the fact that I
live in Latin America, so my citing of theoretical references is shaped by the
fact that I have been living in (or perhaps in-against-and-beyond) Marxist
theory for many years.
9. See Bloch, 'Thinking means venturing beyond' (195911986: 4).
10. Reitter (2004: 16) makes exactly the same point in his critique of Postone's
book: 'My main problem, however, is that the book is written from the
standpoint of so-called objective, scientific knowledge and not from the
standpoint of revolt.'
11. One dimension of Postone's approach is that he understands dialectic as
interaction rather than as a negative, antagonistic dialectic of misfitting.
12. For a critique of the autonomist or operaista tradition from this perspective,
see Holloway (2002/2005: 160-75). The current often referred to as 'Open
Marxism' (see the three volumes of that name: Bonefeld et al. 1992a,
1992b, 1995) has as its central argument the understanding of categories
as conceptualisations of social struggle. For recent critical discussions of
Open Marxism, see Altamira (2006), Birkner and Foltin (2006).
13. Much the same point can be made in relation to De Angelis's (2007)
insistence that such activities and social relations should be seen as being
outside capital.
14. In other words, life is not to be taken as a trans-historical category, as it is
often treated. For a critique of this notion as part of a general critique of
the Deleuzian tradition, see Bonnet (2009).
15. The purpose of this paragraph is not to draw sharp lines or to attach labels,
but rather to stimulate debate and explain why I focus on the dual character
of labour as the key to rethinking revolutionary theory.
16. On operaismo in general, see Wright (2002) and Birkner and Foltin (2006).
17. For a good presentation of the Krisis argument on the crisis of abstract
labour, see Trenkle (2007).
18. This is the same problem as that which we saw in Postone's analysis, in the
previous section.
19. As do Hardt and Negri (2000).
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1. On the notion of constellation, see Tischler (2009), Adorno (1966/1990)
and Benjamin (194011969).
2. See the important conclusion of Zibechi (2008: 56): 'In the light of the
principal social struggles of the last 15 years ... we can say that we do not
know how a movement is produced and generalised.' And, he adds, "'To
organise the rebellion" is a contradiction.'
3. On this, see Holloway (2002/2005: esp. Ch. 3).
4. For an analysis of the Greek riots, see Memos (2009), Stavridis (2009).
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