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As “''an immense accumulation of commodities''” [“''eine ungeheure Waarensammlung''”]: this is how the wealth of “''bourgeois society''”<ref>Karl Marx, ''A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy'', in ''Karl Marx-Frederick Engels Collected Works'' [henceforth: ''MECW''], vol. 29, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 269 = Karl Marx, ''Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie'', in ''Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe'' [henceforth: ''MEGA''], vol. II/2, Dietz Verlag, Berlin, 1975-, p. 107.</ref> or, according to a later rewording, of “''those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails''”, presented itself to Marx.<ref>Karl Marx, ''Capital. A Critique of Political Economy, Volume I'', in ''MECW'', vol. 35, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 45 = Karl Marx, ''Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Erster Band'', in ''MEGA'', vol. II/5, p. 17 (the phrase is repeated in the subsequent editions, see ''MEGA'': vol. II/6, p. 69 [1872]; vol. II/8, p. 63 [1883]; vol. II/10, p. 37 [1890]).</ref>


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As “''an immense accumulation of commodities''” [“''eine ungeheure Waarensammlung''”]: this is how the wealth of “''[https://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/b/o.htm#bourgeois-society bourgeois society]''”<ref>Karl Marx, ''A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy'', in ''Karl Marx-Frederick Engels Collected Works'' [henceforth: ''MECW''], vol. 29, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 269 = Karl Marx, ''Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie'', in ''Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe'' [henceforth: ''MEGA''], vol. II/2, Dietz Verlag, Berlin, 1975-, p. 107.</ref> or, according to a later rewording, of “''those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails''”, presented itself to [[Karl Marx|Marx]].<ref>Karl Marx, ''Capital. A Critique of Political Economy, Volume I'', in ''MECW'', vol. 35, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 45 = Karl Marx, ''Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Erster Band'', in ''MEGA'', vol. II/5, p. 17 (the phrase is repeated in the subsequent editions, see ''MEGA'': vol. II/6, p. 69 [1872]; vol. II/8, p. 63 [1883]; vol. II/10, p. 37 [1890]).</ref>
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Marx may have borrowed this metaphor from Mirabeau ''père'', who had already made a similar observation: “''Je vois que la societé n’est qu’un amas d’achats & de ventes, d’échanges & de rapports des droits & des devoirs''”.<ref>L.D.H. [presumably L’Ami des Hommes, pseudonym of Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau], [https://books.google.gr/books?id=Jt1gAAAAcAAJ ''La Science, ou Les Droits et les Devoirs de l’Homme''], François Grasset & Co, Lausanne, 1774, p. 76.</ref>

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Marx may have borrowed this metaphor from [[Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau|Mirabeau ''père'']], who had already made a similar observation: “''Je vois que la societé n’est qu’un amas d’achats & de ventes, d’échanges & de rapports des droits & des devoirs''”.<ref>L.D.H. [presumably L’Ami des Hommes, pseudonym of Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau], [https://books.google.gr/books?id=Jt1gAAAAcAAJ ''La Science, ou Les Droits et les Devoirs de l’Homme''], François Grasset & Co, Lausanne, 1774, p. 76.</ref>


Nonetheless, there seems to be no reference to Riquetti in the entire Marxian corpus – or, at least, none that I am aware of.
Nonetheless, there seems to be no reference to Riquetti in the entire Marxian corpus – or, at least, none that I am aware of.
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Cite this page: Jason Koutoufaris-Malandrinos, “Society as an accumulation of commodities”, Archiopedia / Αρχειοπαίδεια (April 2020), p. 24 (revision #-), ISSN 2732-6012. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4674264.


As “an immense accumulation of commodities” [“eine ungeheure Waarensammlung”]: this is how the wealth of “bourgeois society”[1] or, according to a later rewording, of “those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails”, presented itself to Marx.[2]

Marx may have borrowed this metaphor from Mirabeau père, who had already made a similar observation: “Je vois que la societé n’est qu’un amas d’achats & de ventes, d’échanges & de rapports des droits & des devoirs”.[3]

Nonetheless, there seems to be no reference to Riquetti in the entire Marxian corpus – or, at least, none that I am aware of.

Notes

  1. ↑ Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, in Karl Marx-Frederick Engels Collected Works [henceforth: MECW], vol. 29, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 269 = Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, in Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe [henceforth: MEGA], vol. II/2, Dietz Verlag, Berlin, 1975-, p. 107.
  2. ↑ Karl Marx, Capital. A Critique of Political Economy, Volume I, in MECW, vol. 35, International Publishers, New York, 1975-2004, p. 45 = Karl Marx, Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, Erster Band, in MEGA, vol. II/5, p. 17 (the phrase is repeated in the subsequent editions, see MEGA: vol. II/6, p. 69 [1872]; vol. II/8, p. 63 [1883]; vol. II/10, p. 37 [1890]).
  3. ↑ L.D.H. [presumably L’Ami des Hommes, pseudonym of Victor Riquetti de Mirabeau], La Science, ou Les Droits et les Devoirs de l’Homme, François Grasset & Co, Lausanne, 1774, p. 76.
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