From commodity fetishism to commodity narcissism

Marxism and Frantz Fanon’s Theory of Colonial Identity: Parallels between Racial and Commodity-Based Fetishism

Despite Frantz Fanon’s and Karl Marx’s shared goal of the emancipation of all human beings from oppression, Fanon maintains in his final book, The Wretched of the Earth, that the connection between his theory of colonial identity and Marxist ideology cannot be reduced to a superficial doctrine of class struggles. Though Fanon resisted an oversimplified comparison with Marxist theory, this paper...

Commodity High Performance Computing at Commodity Prices

The entry price of supercomputing has traditionally been very high. As processing elements, operating systems, and switch technology become cheap commodity parts, building a powerful supercomputer at a fraction of the price of a proprietary system becomes realistic. We have recently purchased, in support of both our local and national collaborations, a dedicated computational cluster of eight D...

From Commodity Polymers to Functional Polymers

Functional polymers bear specified chemical groups, and have specified physical, chemical, biological, pharmacological, or other uses. To adjust the properties while keeping material usage low, a method for direct synthesis of functional polymers is indispensable. Here we show that various functional polymers can be synthesized by in situ cross-linked polymerization/copolymerization. We demonst...

Commodity-by-Commodity Input-Output Matrices: Extensions and Experiences from an Application to Austria

The construction of commodity-by-commodity input-output matrices from Make and Use matrices is a much debated area. Different views compete with each other, both in theoretical aspects as in practical appraisement of the importance of the various issues involved. The commodity-technology assumption and the industry-technology assumptions form the basic theoretical concepts between which one mus...

Modelling Commodity