Marx's theory of the genesis of money : how, why, and through what is a commodity money? / by Samezō Kuruma ; translated and edited by Michael Schauerte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuruma, Samezō, author.

Contributor:

Schauerte, Michael, translator, editor.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 154.

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 154

Standardized Title:

Kachi keitairon to kōkan kateiron. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Money.

Marxian economics.

Value.

Physical Description:

viii, 194 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

In the present volume, the first of the author's works to be translated into English, Samezo Kuruma examines the different angles from which Marx analyses the commodity and money in the first two chapters of Capital, Volume I. Kuruma carefully explains each of the theoretical questions raised by Marx, particularly the theory of the value-form, which unravels the mystery surrounding money. The theoretical knowledge Marx gains from his analysis of the commodity is the linchpin of 'Capital', but he recognises that this presents the reader with the 'greatest difficulty' just as 'beginnings are always difficult in all sciences'. Kuruma helps to ease this difficulty by making the reader clearly aware of how and why Marx poses his theoretical questions.00This work includes an English translation of the full text of Kuruma's book, 'Kachikeitai-ron to kokankate-ron' (Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process) (Iwanami Shoten, 1957) and a slightly abridged version of Part I of 'Kahei-ron' (Theory of Money) (Otsuki Shoten, 1979). It is a substantially revised edition of the English translation under the same title, 'Marx's Theory of the Genesis of Money', that was self-published by the translator (Outskirts Press, 2008).

Contents:

Part 1 Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process

1 Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process 27

2 Why is the Want of the Commodity Owner Abstracted from in the Theory of the Value Form? (A Response to the View of Kozo Uno) 57

Uno's First Argument 60

Uno's Second Argument 79

Uno's Third Argument 94

Part 2 Marx's Theory of the Genesis of Money (An Interview Conducted / Teinosuke otani)

1 The Questions 'How, Why, and through What' (The Genesis of Money) 111

2 Riddle of the Money Form and the Riddle of Money 117

3 Difference between the First and the Second Edition of Capital 129

4 The Significance of the 'Why Question' (The Particularity of Commodity Production and the Essence of Value) 139

5 In What Sense is the Simple Value Form 'Accidental'? 146

6 The 'Detour' of Value Expression 150

7 The Meaning of the 'Formal Content of the Relative Expression of Value' (Hegel's Theory of Judgment and Marx's Theory of the Value Form) 162

8 How the Development of the Value Form Unfolds (Neither a Historical Development, Nor the 'Self-Development of a Concept') 171

9 The Meaning of Abstracting from the Individual Want of the Commodity Owner (Nobuteru Takeda's Criticism of Kuruma) 176

10 What is the 'Dialectic' in the Case of the Value Form? 186.

Notes:

Translated from the Japanese.

"Contains the full text of Kuruma's book, Kachikeitai-ron to kokankate-ron (Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process) published by Iwanami Shoten in 1957; and a slightly abridged version of Part I of his 1979 book Kahei-ron (Theory of Money)"--Notes on the text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Kuruma, Samezō. Kaheiron. English. Selections.

Other Format:

Online version: Kuruma, Samezō, author. Marx's theory of the genesis of money

ISBN:

9789004322387

9004322388

OCLC:

1005057401