This article draws on theories of uneven development to deconstruct a set of universalising assumptions in the critique of American capitalism. While these theories have called for more relational understandings of capitalism, there is a tendency to naturalise the United States as an instance of universal capitalist relations. Engaging such diverse thinkers as Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy, Michel Aglietta, and Cedric Robinson, the article identifies three recurrent universals, including: (1) abstraction from the US as the most “advanced” capitalist formation; (2) assumption of American capitalism as developing in a particularly “pure” state; and (3) subsumption of the dynamics of American capitalism under universal logics. Reading these against the methodological principles of Uneven and Combined Development, the article argues for provincialising the capitalist formation that appears the most “complete”.

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美国资本主义地方化：从普遍事例到偶然事例

本文借鉴不平衡发展理论，解构了批判美国资本主义的一系列普遍假设。虽然这些理论要求对资本主义有更多的关系理解，但有一种趋势是将美国自然化为普遍资本主义关系的一个例子。这篇文章与保罗·巴兰 (Paul Baran) 和保罗·斯威齐 (Paul Sweezy)、米歇尔·阿列塔 (Michel Aglietta) 和塞德里克·罗宾逊 (Cedric Robinson) 等不同的思想家合作，确定了三个反复出现的普遍性，包括： (1) 从美国抽象为最“先进”的资本主义形态；(2) 假设美国资本主义是在一个特别“纯粹”的状态下发展的；(3) 在普遍逻辑下包含美国资本主义的动态。阅读这些反对不平衡和组合发展的方法论原则，