Theory Without Subject

This chapter discusses the theoretical conditions for development take-off. Development is a process of change redressing the penury of capacity headed by labour as subject of history. It requires the mobilisation of resource by autonomous means and forces. It entails two conditions. The first is the interface between policy and outcome, a process commanded by labour as subject to ensure socialisation of the surplus. National labour here is posited as a constituent of the international working class. The promotion of national development must promote the conditions for the rise of the international working class. The second interrelated condition is security qua sovereignty. There is no development without working class security wrought by means of anti-imperialist struggle. Development under imperialist auspices is a payoff by the imperialist forces to aggress other working classes. This chapter also reviews a selection of the literature highlighting the half-truth of dominant theory. It concludes with a succinct reading of the unfolding proxy wars between China and US-led imperialism.