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

• Autore: Engelskirchen Howard
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.4/12
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism; Marxian economics
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Capital as a social kind
• ISBN: 1-136-81046-3; 1-283-10393-1; 9786613103932; 1-136-81047-1; 0-203-82874-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790096203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 141.