Capital As a Social Kind - Definitions and Transformations in the Critique of Political Economy

Sommario

Part 1: Definitions 1. Introduction: Social Kinds in Social Theory 2. Why is This Labor Value? – Commodity Producing Labor as a Social Kind (Appendix: Backhaus and the Analysis of Capital’s First Chapter) 3. Separation and Subordination: The Real Definition of Capital as a Social Kind 4. The Concept of Capital in The Grundrisse Part 2: Transformations 5. Value and Contract Formation (Appendix: Value as a Social Kind) 6. What Ought to Be Done: Marxism and Normativity 7. Winning the Battle of Democracy

Riassunto

Drawing on the rich examples offered by Marx’s analysis of capital and exploring a methodology that will be of interest to both Marxist and non-Marxist social theorists alike, Capital as a Social Kind extends this approach to the study of social life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: F. X. Emmanuel, Howard Engelskirchen, Adam T. Hill, Adam T. (Malmo University Hospital Hill, W.H.B. Wallace
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.01.2014
• EAN: 9781138013117
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01311-7
• Pagine: 214
• Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases