The schema of the theory of reification / / by Wataru Hiromatsu ; translated by John Hocking ; with an introduction by Makoto Katsumori.

• Superior document: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 255
• VerfasserIn: Hiromatsu, Wataru,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hocking, John (Translator),; Katsumori, Makoto, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 255.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Notes: Placing the concept of reification at the centre of Marx’s thought, Hiromatsu demonstrates across a number of areas — history, the understanding of society, and the understanding of philosophy — the philosophical and practical change in worldview which this concept brings about.

Hiromatsu argues that the change from Hegel’s theory of self-alienation to the concept of reification is crucial in establishing a new relational worldview which is still relevant today. Amongst other topics, his discussion of the understanding of society sees such as a relational dynamic wherein th...

Table of Contents

• Translator’s Preface
• Introduction
• Prologue
• 1. For an Extolling of Materialist History
• 1.1. The Dialectical Sublation of Classical Philosophy
• 1.2. The Overcoming of Humanism, and a New Horizon
• 1.3. The Sublation of the Theory of Alienation, and the Theory of Reification
• 2. The Composition and Scope of the Theory of Reification
• 2.1. The Reification of Social Relations and the Nature of Being of Cultural Forms
• 2.2. The Law-like Nature of the Historical Dynamic and the Significant Acts of the Subjects Involved
• 2.3. The Systematic Method of the Critique of Reification and the Standpoint of Value Judgement
• 3. The Theory of Reification of the Historical World
• 3.1. The Being-Structure of the World of the Commodity
• (A) The Twofold Nature of the World of the Commodity
• (B) The Problematics of the Theory of Value
• (C) The Objectivity of Commodity Value
• (D) The Fetish Nature of Commodity Being
• (E) The Fourfold Nature of the World of the Commodity
• 2 The Being-Structure of the Historical World
• (a) The Twofold Nature of the Information World
• (b) The Problematics of Theories of Meaning
• (c) The Objectivity of Social Acts
• (d) The Historical Nature of the Natural World
• (e) The Fourfold Nature of the World
• 4. The Historical Reification of the Natural World
• 5. Philosophy in Marx
• Epilogue — Expanding the Theory of Reification
• Index.