03036oam 2200721I 450 991095644430332120251117065358.097866131039329781136810466113681046397812831039301283103931978113681047311368104719780203828748020382874710.4324/9780203828748(CKB)2670000000081796(EBL)668804(OCoLC)719369563(SSID)ssj0000528383(PQKBManifestationID)12233687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000528383(PQKBWorkID)10545242(PQKB)11206141(MiAaPQ)EBC668804(Au-PeEL)EBL668804(CaPaEBR)ebr10462533(CaONFJC)MIL310393(EXLCZ)99267000000008179620180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCapital as a social kind definitions and transformations in the critique of political economy /Howard Engelskirchen1st ed.London :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (241 p.)Routledge frontiers of political economy ;141Description based upon print version of record.9781138013117 1138013110 9780415776912 0415776910 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aRoutledge frontiers of political economy ;141.CapitalismMarxian economicsCapitalism.Marxian economics.335.4/12Engelskirchen Howard1813144MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956444303321Capital as a social kind4365939UNINA