Separating the Doing and the Deed: Capital and the Continuous Character of Enclosures

by Massimo De Angelis

Separating the Doing and the Deed: Capital and the Continuous Character of Enclosures

Genres: Politics

Paperback

First published April 15, 2004

About the author

Massimo De Angelis is Professor of Political Economy and Social Change at the Department of Social Sciences and Social Work, Cass School of Education and Communities., University of East London. He does research in participatory social and economic change, commons and social movements.

Reviews

[Barney]

A book with an interesting premise, although in practice it felt a bit too academic and its use of language a bit too convoluted for me (or perhaps I wasn't familiar enough with the terminology to be able to absorb the meaning easily).

It consists of three texts, whose main point were, as I understood them, and as briefly as possible:

- unlike classic Marxist theory, which seems talk about enclosures only in the context of the origins of capitalism, enclosures happen all the time. We should develop commons to combat enclosures.
- the second text defines the middle class in a peculiar way and then analyzes why it supports the status quo? I think.
- The third text posits that capital and the commons are in a symbiotic relationship. I see that, to an extent.

All in all, I agreed with a lot of points of analysis in the book, but I'm not sure I got that much our if it. So e inspiration maybe, plus a bit more clarity on the commons and how they function.