Counter-power: a Marxist view—an ontological enquiry
基于马克思对资本的批判，构建了资本主义权力的本体论，并阐明反权力在此本体论中的角色，进而批判性地审视经济学中的权力争论，讨论个人主义方法的局限。
Abstract The term ‘counter-power’ is widely used in political debates and social struggles. Scientifically, however, there is no clear distinction between powers and counter-powers. In the academic debate, largely based on methodological individualism, power is mostly conceived as an interpersonal relation, and counter-powers have no specific role, unless as opposing powers. In this paper, I develop an ontology of capitalist power, based on Marx’s critique of capital, and I clarify the role of counter-powers in this ontology. With these lenses, I reconsider critically the debate on power in economics and I discuss the limits of the individualist approach, from neoclassical ultra-liberalism to radical political economics. Finally, I discuss the implications of my ontological enquiry into counter-powers as far as theoretical research and political struggle are concerned.