Bruff, Ian
The Totalisation of Human Social Practice: Open Marxists and Capitalist Social Relations, Foucauldians and Power Relations
This article critiques Open Marxism for an ontology which totalises human social practicefor Open Marxists, capitalist social relations are the singular constitutive source of human activity. Such a stance is superficially attractive yet ultimately inadequate, and I reinforce my case by demonstrating how other critical approachesin this article, Foucauldian perspectives on powersuffer from similar deficiencies. Thus there is a need to resist the temptation of claiming to know how human social practice can be understood with recourse to a singular aspect (no matter how important) of such practice. I conclude that an excellent example of how to avoid such pitfalls is provided by Antonio Gramsci's writings, for they acknowledge the multifaceted yet nevertheless anchored existence lived by humans in capitalist societies.
| Language | eng |
| Names |
[author] Bruff, Ian |
| Subjects |
Foucault, Michel
Marxismo
Foucault, Michel
Marxism |
