Moishe Postone, the Mode of Production of Capital and Cuban Agriculture

ABSTRACT

The article develops a critical analysis of the work and thought of Moishe Postone. First, I highlight his main contributions to the understanding of the mode of production of capital, the way the categories of value and abstract labour shape the labour process, and the ongoing reconstitution of socially necessary labour time. Second, I expose his contradictory proposal to free workers from capital, while considering Cuban socialist experience in the agrarian sector as starting point for the critique.

KEYWORDS:

• Moishe Postone
• mode of production
• industrial agriculture
• Cuban Revolution
• socialism

Acknowledgement

I would like to acknowledge the contribution to this work of the on-going discussions on Cuban agriculture with Al Campbell.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 All translations by the author.