A World After Its Own Image (Paperback)

Ben Stahnke

ISBN 10: 1981982582 / ISBN 13: 9781981982585

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Paperback. From the Introduction: ""The right of landownership," wrote a young Karl Marx, "has its source in robbery" ("Early Writings" 103). This robbery, we might speculate, has existed since time immemorial. Indeed, history itself might be conceived as a series of unending robberies; lapping waves of violent displacement. We might imagine that these waves of displacement, unending cycles of taking and taking-back, are natural. And indeed, we can begin from this hypothesis: land is held through a natural violence, or a threat of violence. When one becomes incapable of holding on to a space of land, another, stronger, comes in to take ownership. Violence, in the case of the domination of land, can take both material and ideological form. The threat of physical violence, an idea of violence, is often enough for an individual, or a social class, to maintain land holdings. " This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A World After Its Own Image (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1981982582
• ISBN 13: 9781981982585
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

From the Introduction: "“The right of landownership,” wrote a young Karl Marx, “has its source in robbery” (“Early Writings” 103). This robbery, we might speculate, has existed since time immemorial. Indeed, history itself might be conceived as a series of unending robberies; lapping waves of violent displacement. We might imagine that these waves of displacement, unending cycles of taking and taking-back, are natural. And indeed, we can begin from this hypothesis: land is held through a natural violence, or a threat of violence. When one becomes incapable of holding on to a space of land, another, stronger, comes in to take ownership. Violence, in the case of the domination of land, can take both material and ideological form. The threat of physical violence, an idea of violence, is often enough for an individual, or a social class, to maintain land holdings. "

About the Author

Ben Stahnke is a Ph.D. student at Antioch University, research fellow at the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute, and editor of the socialist magazine, Forward! Popular Theory & Practice.