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Book SynopsisThis book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth reappraisal of the relation between Marx's economic theory in Capital and Hegel's Logic by leading Marxian economists and philosophers from around the world. The subjects dealt with include: systematic dialectics, the New Dialectics, materialism vs. idealism, Marx's 'inversion' of Hegel, Hegel's Concept logic, Hegel's Essence logic, Marx's levels of abstraction of capital in general and competition, and capital as Hegelian Subject.
Trade Review“The older debates about Marx’s Hegelianism were generally conducted under the sign of idealism and its denunciation; today probably it is vitalism that is the more significant issue. But in the newer Marxian investigations, Hegel’s Logic is grasped as a theoretical anticipation of the complex and dialectical forms taken by capital itself. This is the sense in which, retroactively, Hegel is reread through Marx and not the other way round. As one of these contributors puts it, Hegel becomes an appropriate reference because it is capital itself which is ‘idealistic’. At any rate, this stimulating volume offers a rich sampling of the newer approach and the insights it provides to Marx himself.” —Prof. Fredric Jameson, Duke University
The older debates about Marx’s Hegelianism were generally conducted under the sign of idealism and its denunciation; today probably it is vitalism that is the more significant issue. But in the newer Marxian investigations, Hegel’s Logic is grasped as a theoretical anticipation of the complex and dialectical forms taken by capital itself. This is the sense in which, retroactively, Hegel is reread through Marx and not the other way round. As one of these contributors puts it, Hegel becomes an appropriate reference because it is capital itself which is idealistic’. At any rate, this stimulating volume offers a rich sampling of the newer approach and the insights it provides to Marx himself.” Prof. Fredric Jameson, Duke University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Fred Moseley and Tony Smith I. IDEALISM AND MATERIALISM 1. Hegel, Marx and the Comprehension of Capitalism Tony Smith 2. Capital Breeds: Interest-Bearing Capital as Purely Abstract Form Mark Meaney 3. Dialectics on its Feet, or the Form of the Consciousness of the Working Class as Historical Subject Juan Iñigo Carrera 4. Which ‘Rational Kernel’? Which ‘Mystical Shell’? A Contribution to the Debate on the Connection between Hegel’s Logic and Marx’s Capital Gastón Caligaris and Guido Starosta II. HEGEL’S CONCEPT AND MARX’S CAPITAL 5. The Universal and the Particulars in Hegel’s Logic and Marx’s Capital Fred Moseley 6. On Hegel’s Methodological Legacy in Marx Roberto Fineschi 7. Lost in Translation: Once Again on the Marx–Hegel Connection Riccardo Bellofiore 8. The Secret of Capital’s Self-Valorisation ‘Laid Bare’: How Hegel Helped Marx to Overturn Ricardo’s Theory of Profit Patrick Murray 9. ‘The Circular Course of Our Representation’: ‘Schein’, ‘Grund’ and ‘Erscheinung’ in Marx’s Economic Works Igor Hanzel III. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE DIALECTIC 10. An Outline of the Systematic-Dialectical Method: Scientific and Political Significance Geert Reuten 11. Marx, Hegel and the Value-Form Christopher J. Arthur 12. Dialectics of Labour and Value-Form in Marx’s Capital: A Reconstruction Mario L. Robles-Báez References Index
