Following Marx : method, critique and crisis / by Michael Lebowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lebowitz, Michael A.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 20.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marxian economics.

Philosophy, Marxist.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does it mean to follow Marx? In this examination of Marx’s methodology combined with specific applications on topics in political economy such as neo-Ricardian theory, analytical Marxism, the falling rate of profit, crisis theory, monopoly capital, Paul Sweezy, advertising and the capitalist state, this volume argues that the failure to understand (or explicit rejection of) Marx’s method has led astray many who consider themselves Marxists. By focusing particularly upon the concept of a totality and the necessary form of appearance of capital as many capitals in competition, Following Marx both demonstrates why Marx insisted that ‘in competition everything is reversed’ and provides a guide for following Marx.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter One. The fallacy of everyday notions / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Two. Another crisis of economic theory: the neo-ricardian critique / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Three. The neo-ricardian reduction / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Four. Is ‘analytical marxism’ marxism? / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Five. Following Hegel: the science of Marx / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Six. Explorations in the logic of capital / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Seven. Marx’s falling rate of profit: a dialectical view / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Eight. The general and the specific in Marx’s theory of crisis / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Nine. Understanding Sweezy / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Ten. Marx’s methodological project as a whole / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Eleven. What is competition? / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Twelve. Too many blindspots about the media / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Thirteen. The theoretical status of monopoly-capital / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Fourteen. Analytical marxism and the marxian theory of crisis / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Fifteen. In Brenner, everything is reversed / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Sixteen. The silences of capital / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Seventeen. Beyond the capital of Uno-ism / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Eighteen. Situating the capitalist state / M.A. Lebowitz

Chapter Nineteen. The politics of assumption, the assumption of politics / M.A. Lebowitz

Bibliography / M.A. Lebowitz

Index / M.A. Lebowitz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-365) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-39664-1

9786612396649

90-474-4185-0

OCLC:

568741216

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004149427.i-372 DOI