Critique of Value Criticism
Value, Money, Profit, and Capital Today
ISBN: 978-1-80455-751-8, eISBN: 978-1-80455-750-1
Publication date: 20 November 2023
Abstract
Since the 1990s, the German current of Value Criticism has been proposing to rework a critique of capitalism based on the mature works of Marx. Starting from the primary categories of capital – value, abstract labor, commodity fetishism – they intend to overcome the traditional contradictions of Marxism, capital/labor, proletariat/bourgeoisie, etc. The Canadian thinker Moishe Postone has, independently of value criticism, developed a thought that is close to the German current while distinguishing itself on certain important points. However, it is appropriate to question these new readings of Marx which, if they can be fruitful, pose many problems, both philosophical and political.
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Citation
Trémeau, F. (2023), "Critique of Value Criticism", Herrera, R. (Ed.) Value, Money, Profit, and Capital Today (Research in Political Economy, Vol. 39), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0161-723020230000039002
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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