Primitive accumulation

Sebastiano Taccola

Chapter 9 in Marx: Key Concepts, 2024, pp 156-168 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter proposes a re-examination of the Marxian primitive accumulation. In the first two parts, I will sum up the Marxian exposition of the primitive accumulation as a diachronic process, which is capable to explain the historical genesis of the capitalist mode of production, especially as it took place in England (through the Enclosures Acts, the clearing of the estates, and so on). Then, I will focus on the permanence of this kind of accumulation, on the one hand (part three), as a lever that drives the capitalistic accumulation on a global scale, and on the other hand (part four), as a synchronic process that plays a crucial role in the reproduction of the concept of capital. This last point, in my opinion, represents the core of an interpretation of primitive accumulation founded on that inner genesis of categories, which is immanent to the Marxian critique of political economy and its method of presentation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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