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Seven: Neither Greek nor Indian: Space, Nation, and History in River of Fire and The Mermaid Madonna
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Remark 1: The Law of Obsolescence Remark 1: The Law of Obsolescence
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Remark 2: Commodity as Fetish Remark 2: Commodity as Fetish
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Remark 3: Waste and the Problem of Surplus Absorption Remark 3: Waste and the Problem of Surplus Absorption
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Remark 4: Where Commodity Detritus Goes to Live Remark 4: Where Commodity Detritus Goes to Live
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Remark 5: Wasting Labor’s Lease on Life Remark 5: Wasting Labor’s Lease on Life
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Remark 6: Surplus Matter and Superfluous Populations Remark 6: Surplus Matter and Superfluous Populations
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Remark 7: Populism and People without Property in Jobs Remark 7: Populism and People without Property in Jobs
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done?
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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Eight: For a Marxist Theory of Waste: Seven Remarks
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Published:July 2018
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Abstract
The concept of “waste”, operating in multiple registers, forms the basis for a series of forays into Marx and political economy. The chapter traverses a wide terrain: from over-accumulation of capital that portends economic crisis, to planned obsolescence as a response to under-consumption, to the proliferation of commodity detritus that threatens the ability of contemporary cities to function, to the artful and arduous toils of waste workers who salvage value from discards, to the wanton expenditure of human potential in precarious forms of employment that involve removal or repurposing of waste matter, to the global multiplication of superfluous populations who can be enrolled in populist mobilizations. Ultimately, the chapter wagers that “waste” can be the heterogeneous site for a generative quarrel between Marxist political economy and postcolonial critique.
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