Marx and Whitehead

Process, Dialectics, and the Critique of Capitalism

AvAnne Fairchild Pomeroy

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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A reading of Marx's critique of capitalism through the lens of process philosophy.Marx and Whitehead boldly asks us to reconsider capitalism, not merely as an "economic system" but as a fundamentally self-destructive mode that, by its very nature and operation, undermines the cohesive fabric of human existence. Author Anne Fairchild Pomeroy asserts that it is impossible to appreciate fully the impact of Marx's critique of capitalism without understanding the philosophical system that underlies it. Alfred North Whitehead's work is used to forge a systematic link between process philosophy and dialectical materialism via the category of production. Whitehead's process thought brings Marx's philosophical vision into sharper focus. This union provides the grounds for Pomeroy's claim that the heart of Marx's critique of capitalism is fundamentally ontological, and that therefore the necessary condition for genuine human flourishing lies in overcoming the capitalist form of social relations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-01-29
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791459843

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Marxism och kommunism inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Anne Fairchild Pomeroy is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Richard Stockton College.

Recensioner i media

"…a timely and accessible tool in our conceptual and actual dismantlement of an inhuman economic system via the illuminating intersection of the philosophies of Marx and Whitehead." — DIALOGUE"…Pomeroy successfully deploys Whitehead's work to sustain Marx's texts against charges of determinism or overly strict materialism, and to describe how both manage to overcome the society/nature dichotomy." — Radical Philosophy"Pomeroy's linking of Marx and Whitehead is a bold move that dramatically enhances our understanding of both thinkers. It is a connection rarely attempted by Marxists or Whiteheadians, and never before in such a sustained and detailed manner." — George Allan, author of The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form

Innehållsförteckning

List of Abbreviations Introduction Acknowledgments PART ONE: CREATIVITY 1. Introduction: Marx and Whitehead Regarding MetaphysicsThe Process of Dialectics 2. The Dialectics of Process From Internal Relations to DialecticsInterpreting ExperienceThe Actual EntityThe Genetic AnalysisThe Coordinate AnalysisFrom Microcosm to Macrocosm 3. The Process of Production ProductionThe Process of Production in GeneralAppropriation, Activity, ObjectificationThe Primacy of ProductionThe Subjectivist BiasDeterminism and Materialism PART TWO: JUSTICE 4. Being and Beings Process, Production, and the Macrocosmic OntologyMicrocosmic BeingSocietiesMacrocosmic Being 5. The Labor Theory of Value The Process of Production and LaborLabor and Value 6. Time and Labor Metaphysics and TimeThe Sphere of ProductionIntensive ExploitationExtensive Exploitation and the Contradictions of Capitalism PART THREE: CARE 7. Alienation Alienated LaborThe Objectivity of LaborThe Subjectivity of LaborSpecies LifeSelf and OthersThe Meaning of Alienation 8. Misplaced Concreteness Capitalism as AbstractionThe abstraction of commodity exchangeThe abstraction of laborThe Critique of AbstractionsMisplaced ConcretenessAnti-process, anti-praxis, anti-humanismDisjecta membra 9. Solidarity Eternal ObjectsFrom Human Consciousness to Radical ConsciousnessBeyond Capitalism Notes Bibliography Index