Os 500 anos da obra Utopia e acumulação primitiva de capital:convergências ontológicas entre um santo católico e o fundador do socialismo científico

Abstract

The thesis of this text is the convergence between the denunciations of Thomas More and the discovery of the logic of capitalism by Karl Marx, especially the movement of primitive accumulation of capital. The text is divided in four moments. First, we present a brief biographical sketch of Thomas More. Secondly, we situate various dimensions of utopianism and briefly present the basic structure More’s work. In a third moment, we indicate the convergences between More and Marx as to the beginnings of capitalism in Europe. Finally, we conclude by stating the strength of t Morean intuition and Marxian scientificity as converging elements for the overcoming of capitalism and the constitution of a human emancipation based on a sociability of associated producers. The thesis of this text is the convergence between the denunciations of Thomas More and the discovery of the logic of capitalism by Karl Marx, especially the movement of primitive accumulation of capital. For this we divide the text in four moments. First we present a brief biographical sketch of Thomas More. Secondly, we situate various dimensions of utopianism and briefly present the basic structure of the work. In a third moment we indicate the convergences between More and Marx as to the beginnings of capitalism in Europe. Finally, we conclude by stating the strength of the Morean intuition and Marxian scientificity as converging elements for overcoming capitalism and the constitution of a human emancipation based on a sociability of associated producers.