[Part 1 of 5 of the essay »Anti-economics and Anti-politics« by Robert Kurz, published under CC by-nc-sa]
The misery of the radical critique of the commodity production system, that is, of a “mode of production based on value” (Marx), appears to reside in the fact that it is incapable of representing a historical praxis (not to be confused with just any little practical activity), of taking the initiative, of finding a way out and heralding a common mass consciousness, and is thus condemned to an esoteric existence, confined to socially remote domains of purely theoretical reflection or even philosophical speculation, and ultimately to a gradual descent into an eccentric sectarian existence. Even if an emancipatory socialization eliminating fetishistic forms of the commodity and money were possible—it would still be a book sealed with seven seals for this form of critique.

Ein transnationaler Austausch-Workshop zur Produktion und Selbstverwaltung sozialer Güter und Rechte jenseits privater und staatlicher Besitzverhältnisse. Am Samstag, 20.04.2013, 12:00 bis 18:00 Uhr, in der Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzer Straße 22, 10999 Berlin.

