Theory as Critique: Essays on Capital

Paul Mattick (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2018
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-36656-5 (ISBN)

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In Theory as Critique, Paul Mattick explores the structure of the argument in Marx’s Capital in order to explain its applicability to the society we live in.

Theory as Critique, while discussing many central issues of Marxian theory, has two main emphases: First, as the title suggests, it takes seriously Capital’s claim to be a critique of economic theory, rather than a contribution to political economy. Understanding what this means, it shows, goes far to unravelling many difficulties traditionally found in Marx’s book, from the nature of his theory of class to the 'transformation problem'. Secondly, Mattick’s volume carefully explores how to bridge the gap between the extreme abstraction of Marx’s ideas and the complex reality that they are intended to help us understand.

Paul Mattick is politics editor of the Brooklyn Rail; from 1987 to 2004 he was editor of the International Journal of Political Economy. Mattick is author of Social Knowledge (Hutchinson, 1986), Art in Its Time (Routledge, 2003), and Business as Usual (Reaktion, 2011), along with many articles and reviews.

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Marx’s Abstraction

Science

Idealisation

Explanation

3 Questions of Method

Marx’s Abandonment of Philosophy

Logic and Abstraction

Marx’s Dialectic

4 Theory as Critique

Political Economy as Text and Discourse

Representation and Reality

The Starting Point

The Argument in Capital

5 Labour as Activity and as Representation

Value as Representation

Abstract Labour and Value

Abstraction in Practice

The Reduction of Skilled Labour

The Causal Reality of Value

6 Value and Price: Marx’s Resolution of a Ricardian Conundrum

Labour and Value

Value and Price

7 Ricardo Redux

After Sraffa

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

8 Economic Form and Social Reproduction

Capital

Circulation and Reproduction

9 Class and Capital

Economic Appearances and Social Reality

Economic Class and Social Structure

Class Struggle and Revolution

10 Trend and Cycle

Theoretical Issues

Breakdown

11 Value Theory and Economic Events

Categories and Data

Prosperity as Depression

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Historical Materialism Book Series ; 161
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	602 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	90-04-36656-3 / 9004366563
ISBN-13	978-90-04-36656-5 / 9789004366565
Zustand	Neuware