The aim of this article is to overcome one of the conceptual antinomies behind the general opposition between Marx and Foucault: the antinomy between the critique of âcapitalist exploitationâ and the analysis of the ârelations of powersâ. Using Balibarâs notion of âpoint of heresyâ I propose to follow a double movement: from Marx to Foucault, and from Foucault to Marx. In the first part, I show that several Marxian concepts are at once presupposed and redefined in Foucaultâs book Discipline and Punish and in its preparatory courses at the Collège de France. In the second part of the article, I reread some pages from Marxâs first volume of Capital to argue that they present an analysis of the ârelations of powersâ that make possible the capitalistâs exploitation of workers.
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The aim of this article is to overcome one of the conceptual antinomies behind the general opposition between Marx and Foucault: the antinomy between the critique of âcapitalist exploitationâ and the analysis of the ârelations of powersâ. Using Balibarâs notion of âpoint of heresyâ I propose to follow a double movement: from Marx to Foucault, and from Foucault to Marx. In the first part, I show that several Marxian concepts are at once presupposed and redefined in Foucaultâs book Discipline and Punish and in its preparatory courses at the Collège de France. In the second part of the article, I reread some pages from Marxâs first volume of Capital to argue that they present an analysis of the ârelations of powersâ that make possible the capitalistâs exploitation of workers.
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