Critical Theory and the Critique of Political Economy by Bonefeld, Werner -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half-Title Series Title Dedication Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: Critical theory and the critique of political economy

PART ONE On the critique of political economy as a critical social theory

Introduction On economic nature and economic theory Economic nature and capitalist anatomy Economic objectivity and social constitution: On the notion of critique Conclusion

3 Society as subject and society as object: On social praxis

Preamble Introduction On the concept of society On social praxis On the appearance of essence Expounding irrational social forms: On dialectics Conclusion

PART TWO Value: On social wealth and class

4 Capital and labour: Primitive accumulation and the force of value

Introduction The secret of primitive accumulation Value form and free labour Conclusion

5 Class and struggle: On the false society

Introduction On class and classification Equivalence and surplus value: On class and competition Labour and surplus value Conclusion: Class and critique

6 Time is money: On abstract labour

Introduction Abstract labour and its social form Value form and abstract labour Conclusion

PART THREE Capital, world market and state

7 State, world market and society

Introduction World market and society World market and fetishism World market and crises Conclusion

8 On the state of political economy: Political form and the force of law

PART FOUR Anti-capitalism: Theology and negative practice

10 Conclusion: On the elements of subversion and negative reason

Notes from tomorrow On the critique of the present Affirmation and negation On the difficulty of saying NO On the realism of negation

Selected bibliography Index Copyright