Outline of a Structural History of Capitalist Acceleration

Prominent among the analysis of the transformation of the temporal structures of modernity is the idea of acceleration, Hartmut Rosa’s work being the main reference for it since it outlines a systematic theory connecting acceleration with explanatory variables forming a sociologically discernible tr...

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Autor: Cristiano, Javier Luis
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/70747
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/70747
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:social acceleration
capitalism
structures
trends
sociological theory.
aceleración social
capitalismo
estructura
tendencias
teoría sociológica.
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Resumo:Prominent among the analysis of the transformation of the temporal structures of modernity is the idea of acceleration, Hartmut Rosa’s work being the main reference for it since it outlines a systematic theory connecting acceleration with explanatory variables forming a sociologically discernible trend. The purpose of this article is to deepen this analysis, specifically concerning the connection that Rosa establishes between acceleration and capitalism. In order to examine this link as a trend movement of modern society, it specifies the formal relations between the logic of capital, as analyzed by Marx, and the acceleration of concrete and fundamental social processes. It then presents the way in which these logical relations have been deployed throughout the long history of capitalism, using concepts and empirical material from the French school of regulation. This results in an outline of the structural history of the acceleration that, in addition to developing Rosa’s theory with unusual means, has potential value for more specific historical and conceptual analyses.