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Book SynopsisWhat is money? What is capital? The Spectre of Capital tackles such fundamental questions at a deep philosophical level. It argues that the modern world is ruled by a ‘spectre’, the spectre of capital. This insight is rooted in an original combination of the ideas of Marx and Hegel. It presents the most sophisticated argument to date for ‘the homology thesis’, namely that the order of Hegel’s logical categories, and that of the social forms addressed by Marx’s Capital, share the same architectonic. The systematic-dialectical presentation shows how capital becomes a self-sustaining power.
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Object and Method 1 Capital and Social Form 2 Capital and the Actuality of the Ideal 3 Systematic Dialectic 4 The Two Dialectics of Capital: Analytic and Synthetic 5 With What Must the Critique of Capital Begin? Part 2 The Ideal Constitution of Capital Division I Capital in Its Notion 6 Commodity 7 Money 8 Capital Division II Capital Relation 9 Circulation 10 Production 11 Reproduction Division III The System of Capital Introduction to Division III 12 Capital as a System of Capitals 13 The System of Industrial Capital 14 The Dual Ontology of Capital 15 Absolute Capital 16 Capital and Its Others: Labour and Land 17 The Spectre 18 Review of the Presentation 19 Beyond Capital and Class Appendix 1: Commentary on Hegel’s Logic Appendix 2: Tables Glossary Select Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects
