The New Dialectic and Marx's Capital (Historical Materialism Book Series, 1)
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Book Description
This book both argues for, and demonstrates, a new turn to dialectic. Marx's Capital was clearly influenced by Hegel's dialectical figures: here, case by case, the significance of these is clarified. More, it is argued that, instead of the dialectic of the rise and fall of social systems, what is needed is a method of articulating the dialectical relations characterising a given social whole. Marx learnt from Hegel the necessity for a systematic development, and integration, of categories; for example, the category of 'value' can be fully comprehended only in the context of the totality of capitalist relations. These studies thus shed new light on Marx's great work, while going beyond it in many respects.
About the Author
Christopher J. Arthur studied at the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford. For 25 years he taught Philosophy at the University of Sussex. He is a leading Marx Scholar whose publications include Dialectics of Labour: Marx and his Relation to Hegel (Blackwell, 1986).
The New Dialectic and Marx's Capital (Historical Materialism Book Series, 1),Christopher John Arthur,Brill Academic Publishers,9004136436,1818-1883,1818-1883.,Dialectical materialism,General,History & Surveys - General,History & Theory - General,Interior Design - General,Kapital,Marx, Karl,,Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Political economy,Social theory,Western philosophy, c 1800 to c 1900
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