Slog - Comments on The Origins of Capitalism http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism In this lecture, "Democracy, Economics, and Military," the Mexican philosopher Manuel De Landa suggests that the real source of modern capitalism is not in the 19th century industrialization of England but in the 16th century development of the Dutch army. Military discipline rather than industrial discipline is the root of modern capitalism. However, in David Harvey's third segment of his course "Reading Marx's Capital," it is suggested that indulgences sold by the Papacy made the Vatican the first capitalist institution in the world. In medieval times, an amount of gold could buy you a place in the mother of... Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:38:51 -0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:41:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Non Interesting one.


Still entirely off the topic of being employed in contemporary journalism...but, you know, you have to do SOMETHING while you sit around there between ogling white chicks.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067718 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:47:17 -0800 Comment by Fnarf If that is in fact what De Landa (interesting name, for a Mexican) says, he's completely full of shit. Typically Mexican, though, of a certain type, in always having the military in the front of his mind, and not, say, production or innovation. The Industrial Revolution was one primarily of POWER, as in coal turned into steam. Mexico has power too, in oil, but hasn't thought of much interesting to do with it except fund an oligarchy.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067736 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:56:02 -0800 Comment by SeMe De landa is quite common in Mexico, especially amongst the so-called elites.

It can be from two sources, one of course is from Vasque, specifically from Alava. A lot of non Vasque Spaniards who came to Mexico and Chile where from there so the Castillian( de) would apply as So and so de (from) Landa.

Another possibility of the origin could be be from the border town of Matamoros, Mexico which use to have the name Lan-há when it was a town founded by purepecha ( tarrascan) Indians.

¿Entiende señor Fnarf?

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067877 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067877 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:21:31 -0800 Comment by Fnarf SeMe, I didn't know all that; I only know of the one De Landa, Diego, the priest who burned every single one of the Mayan books, except for the four he missed. One of the greatest cultural terrorists of all time.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1067890 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:29:52 -0800 Comment by The Philospher http://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451147952/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215553016&sr=8-1

]]> The Philospher http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068006 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:39:29 -0800 Comment by madelinear makes me wonder. is "capitalism" confined to economics? could it be. an entire mental, emotional and spiritual state?

capitalism is not only fighting to bring heaven to closer, it is the selfishness preventing us from rising to it ourselves.

]]> madelinear http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068196 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:10 -0800 Comment by bronkitis I think the bias against Iberian history (ie. acknowledging the Spanish monarchy as an entity that walked and talked like a corporation in the 15th c.) rears its ugly head here. But DeLanda's discovery of this early incidence of mechanization is pretty cool.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068235 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:31:00 -0800 Comment by CP What's with the pic? Does the Department of Defense have a circus cannon to shoot people into heaven now?

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068268 Money Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:29:57 -0800 Comment by Nick The picture is of an unfortunate bit of sculpture installed on the lawn of the otherwise fairly attractive Cut at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The sculpture is actually pretty cool, but it's very badly placed. It also seems a little arrogant because it includes some life size people sculptures at the bottom, looking up to admire it.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_421750.html

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068445 Money Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:25:40 -0800 Comment by billy Charles,
Have you read the Dissolution of Nicholas Dee? I think the origin of insurance is located somewhere around that time in the novel, in that country, unless I'm wrong.

]]> billy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068522 Money Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:39:50 -0800 Comment by Tim Appelo Charles, Jon Borofsky just stole your car.

]]> Tim Appelo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_orgins_of_capitalism#c1068675 Money Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:41:09 -0800