%0 Journal Article %T The Failed State and the State of Failure %A Peter Hitchcock %J Mediations %D 2008 %I The Marxist Literary Group %X What does Marx have to say about the ˇ°failed stateˇ±? Less than one might think. Peter Hitchcock seizes on the problem of the organic composition of capital to bring theories of state sovereignty and its dissolution into chiastic relation with Marxist political economy. This flexibly-bound double of Marxism and failed-state theory then offers a new perspective on our current moment and its possible futures. %U http://www.mediationsjournal.org/articles/the-failed-state-and-the-state-of-failure