The Permanance of Primitive Accumulation

Werner Bonefeld's article on primitive accumulation arguing that it is not just a phenomenon relating to the emergence of capitalism but is a necessary element of it, the "social constitution of capitalist social relations".

The Permanance of Primitive Accumulation: Commodity Fetishism and Social Constitution
Werner Bonefeld
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