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

"The older debates about Marx's 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, Hegel's 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 Marx's 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, Hegel's 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 Marx's Logical Method: A Reappraisal, New Investigations of Marx's Method, Heterodox Economic Theories: True or False?, and Marx's 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 Marx's 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 Inigo Carrera 4. Which 'Rational Kernel'? Which 'Mystical Shell'? A Contribution to the Debate on the Connection between Hegel's Logic and Marx's Capital Gaston Caligaris and Guido Starosta II. HEGEL'S CONCEPT AND MARX'S CAPITAL 5. The Universal and the Particulars in Hegel's Logic and Marx's Capital Fred Moseley 6. On Hegel's Methodological Legacy in Marx Roberto Fineschi 7. Lost in Translation: Once Again on the Marx-Hegel Connection Riccardo Bellofiore 8. The Secret of Capital's Self-Valorisation 'Laid Bare': How Hegel Helped Marx to Overturn Ricardo's Theory of Profit Patrick Murray 9. 'The Circular Course of Our Representation': 'Schein', 'Grund' and 'Erscheinung' in Marx's 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 Marx's Capital: A Reconstruction Mario L. Robles-Baez References Index