The new dialectic and Marx's Capital / / Christopher J. Arthur.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 1
• VerfasserIn: Arthur, C. J. 1940-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: The New Turn to Dialectic -- 2. Dialectical Development versus Linear Logic -- 3. Labour, Value and Negativity -- 4. Systematic Dialectic -- 5. Marx's Capital and Hegel's Logic -- 6. Negation of the Negation in Marx's Capital -- 7. The Ingfinity of Captal -- 8. The Spectre of Capital -- 9. Hegel's Theory of the Value Form -- 10. A Clock without a Spring: Epitaph for the USSR -- 11. Whose reason? and Whose Revolution? -- 12. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.