Marx's Capital And Hegel's Logic: A Reexamination

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 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

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)

Acknowledgements Introduction Fred Moseley and Tony Smith I. IDEALISM AND MATERIALISM 1. Hegel, Marx and the Comprehension of Capitalism Tony Smith 2. Capital Breeds: Interest-Bearing Capital as Purely Abstract Form Mark Meaney 3. Dialectics on its Feet, or the Form of the Consciousness of the Working Class as Historical Subject Juan Iigo Carrera 4. Which Rational Kernel? Which Mystical Shell? A Contribution to the Debate on the Connection between Hegels Logic and Marxs Capital Gastn Caligaris and Guido Starosta II. HEGELS CONCEPT AND MARXS CAPITAL 5. The Universal and the Particulars in Hegels Logic and Marxs Capital Fred Moseley 6. On Hegels Methodological Legacy in Marx Roberto Fineschi 7. Lost in Translation: Once Again on the MarxHegel Connection Riccardo Bellofiore 8. The Secret of Capitals Self-Valorisation Laid Bare: How Hegel Helped Marx to Overturn Ricardos Theory of Profit Patrick Murray 9. The Circular Course of Our Representation: Schein, Grund and Erscheinung in Marxs Economic Works Igor Hanzel III. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE DIALECTIC 10. An Outline of the Systematic-Dialectical Method: Scientific and Political Significance Geert Reuten 11. Marx, Hegel and the Value-Form Christopher J. Arthur 12. Dialectics of Labour and Value-Form in Marxs Capital: A Reconstruction Mario L. Robles-Bez References Index