Final rejoinder: Brenner.

[Carlos Eduardo Rebello <crebello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As to Brenner, he seems to me to have a notion of capitalism as centered
on *forms of production*, and not on *forms of exchange*- the same error
made, in different terms, by Cardoso, that eqautes developed capitalism
with industrialization. Intersting to note that Cardoso and his cronies
in the government were all theorists of note because of their forming,
during the 50s, a reading circle for "Capital" (which they read,
naturally, in Spanish, since Capital was not trans. to Portuguese until
1968; something that explains a lot about the weakness of Marxism
thinking in Brazil, and the elitist character of Braz. left politics).
They - and Brenner - seem to have not noticed the very first phrase of
Capital: Social Wealth where capitalism dominates takes the generalized
form of the *Commodity*, irrespective of technology or forms of
production.

Carlos Rebello