Synopses & Reviews
This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth reappraisal of the relation between Marxs Capital and Hegels Logic by leading Marxian economists and philosophers from around the world. The subjects dealt with include: systematic dialectics, the New Dialectics, materialism vs. idealism, Marxs inversion of Hegel, Marxs levels of abstraction of capital in general and competition, and capital as Hegelian Subject.
Review
The older debates about Marxs 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, Hegels 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
Synopsis
Marxist economists and philosophers debate the impact of Hegel on Marx, and the insights gained by reading Hegel through Marx.
About the Author
Fred Moseley is Professor of Economics at Mount Holyoke College. He is the author of
The Falling Rate of Profit in the Postwar United States Economy and editor of
Marxs Logical Method: A Reappraisal,
New Investigations of Marxs Method,
Heterodox Economic Theories: True or False?, and
Marxs Theory of Money: Modern Reappraisals. He has also published numerous articles on Marxian economics in scholarly journals, including the
American Economic Review, the
Cambridge Journal of Economics, and the
Review of Radical Political Economics.
Tony Smith is a Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University. His books include The Logic of Marxs Capital: Replies to Hegelian Criticisms (1990), Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production (2000), and Globalisation: A Systematic Marxian Account (2005)