Theory as Critique : Essays on Capital (Historical Materialism) （161TH）

Mattick, Paul

Haymarket Books（2019/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781642590135
• DDC分類 335.412

Full Description

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.

Contents

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



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Index