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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459838003321

Autore

Engelskirchen Howard

Titolo

Capital as a social kind : definitions and transformations in the critique of politcal economy / / Howard Engelskirchen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-10393-1

9786613103932

1-136-81047-1

0-203-82874-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 141

Disciplina

335.4/12

Soggetti

Capitalism

Marxian economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Definitions -- Introduction: social kinds in social theory -- Why is this labor value? : commodity producing labor as a social kind -- Separation and subordination : the real definition of capital as a social kind -- The concept of capital in the Grundrisse -- Transformations -- Value and contract formation -- What ought to be done : Marxism and normativity -- Winning the battle of democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

Capital as a Social Kind provides an introduction to social kinds in social theory. Thinking about kinds, the way we sort the things of the world into categories -- water, for example, is a natural kind - has made an important contribution to our understanding of science in the last half century, but these advances have been largely applicable to the natural, rather than the social sciences. Drawing on the rich examples offered by Marx's analysis of capital and exploring a methodology that will be of interest to both Marxist and non-Marxist social theorists alike, Capital as a