Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:23:09 -0700
Subject: Re: AUT: Marazzi's La Place des Chaussettes
From: Enda Brophy <2eob-AT-qlink.queensu.ca>



On Thursday, Aug 5, 2004, at 06:31 America/Vancouver, Lowe Laclau wrote:

> Just found a copy online of Christian Marazzi's "La Place des 
> Chaussettes". Its in french, so sorry if you don't read it. Has anyone 
> here read it?
>

I finally managed to pick it up over in Italy after having read 
Capitale & Linguaggio (2001) and a few other smaller articles, and I'm 
most of the way through it at this point.  I find him really useful, 
mainly because his economics gives him a good vantage point through 
which to evaluate post-Fordist capital.  it's funny though - as is 
often the case with what Bifo refers to as post-operaismo, it's 
difficult at times to disentangle him from Lazzarato, Virno, Bifo, etc, 
who tend to riff on each other's ideas quite regularly.  What 
ultimately brings these writers together is their attention to the role 
of language/communication in composition, but he manages to add his own 
critique via a more empirical analysis of pension funds, stock 
ownership, etc.

as Steve has suggested elsewhere, Il Posto dei Calzini is certainly a 
candidate for the top 10  autonomist pieces in need of translation...

e.



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