SOCB30H3 Midterm: Paramilitarism and Neoliberalism
Document Summary
Coercion and violence have typically been perceived as emanating from the state: the state has been conceptualized as belonging to a sphere of it own, separate from society and the economy. Coercion and violence have been commonly treated as unrelated to economic processes. In colombia, violence for purpose of capital accumulation is not exclusively exercised by the state but also by paramilitary groups. Marx provides theory of capitalism grounded in people"s lived experiences and oriented towards social actions. Work rejects - way classical political economy takes categories that characterize capitalist mode of production and presents them as abstract, eternal, universal, and natural - emptying them of their social content. Detaches us from normality come to surround various elements of capitalist structure such as: commodities, exchange and labor, and reveals the social relations they conceal. Marx exposes social bases of capitalist mode of production by placing social relations at center of analysis: Object before us, to begin w, material production.
