Ruy Mauro Marini’s thinking, within the framework of Marxism, continues to apply in the 21st century because the conditions he discovered around the dialectics of dependency (super-exploitation of labor, unequal exchange, sub-imperialism, and the Fourth Power) remain in the contours of the world capitalist economy.
ResumenEl debate en torno a la caída de los términos del intercambio en los países dependientes nunca fue del todo integrado en la teoría marxista de la dependencia. El intento de articularlo a través de la categoría de intercambio desigual fue poco sistemático.Este trabajo busca recuperar esos debates e intentará dar cuenta de la articulaciones relevantes a la luz de una revitalización presente de los estudios en el campo de la teoría marxista de la dependencia.Para ello, recuperaremos la discusiones clásicas en torno al intercambio desigual para recuperar sus puntos de contacto con la teoría marxista de la dependencia y algunos debates contemporáneos en torno a la transferencia de valor y la superexplotación de la fuerza de trabajo y la naturaleza.AbstractThe debate into the falling terms of trade in dependent countries was never fully integrated into the Marxist dependency theory. The attempt at its articulation though the category of unequal exchange was not too systematic. In this work we will recover those debates and attempt to account of the relevant articulations in light of the revitalization of studies within the field of the Marxist dependency theory.To that aim, we will recover classical discussions on unequal exchange to take on its points of contact with the Marxist dependency theory and some of the contemporary debates on value transfer, and superexploitation of labour force and nature.
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The debate on the decline of the terms of trade in dependent countries was never fully integrated into the Marxist theory of dependency. The attempt to articulate it through the category of unequal exchange was not particularly systematic. This paper seeks to recover those debates and will attempt to account for the relevant articulations in the light of a present revitalisation of studies in the field of Marxist dependency theory. To this end, we will recover the classical discussions around unequal exchange in order to discuss their points of contact with the Marxist theory of dependency and some contemporary debates around the transfer of value and the super-exploitation of labour and nature.
This chapter examines the politics of difference and solidarity among Latin American and Black Power radicals that challenged the exclusion of marginalized groups from the universal. Dependency theory provided an explanation for neo-colonialism and the long search for Latin America identity and solidarity. A black cultural nationalism and black history provided the motifs for establishing a sense of peoplehood and asserting God is black. A narrative in which God was partial to the oppressed offered a way for liberationists to conceptualize a new inclusive universal humanity.
The Currency of Ruy Mauro Marini’s Thinking and Dependency Theory / La Vigencia del Pensamiento de Ruy Mauro Marini y la Teoría de la Dependencia
