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This book both argues for, and demonstrates, a new turn to dialectic. Marx's Capital was clearly influenced by Hegel's dialectical figures: here, case by case, the significance of these is clarified. More, it is argued that, instead of the dialectic of the rise and fall of social systems, what is needed is a method of articulating the dialectical relations characterising a given social whole. Marx learnt from Hegel the necessity for a systematic development, and integration, of categories; for example, the category of 'value' can be fully comprehended only in the context of the totality of capitalist relations. These studies thus shed new light on Marx's great work, while going beyond it in many respects.

Marx, Karl. --- Dialectical materialism --- Economic Theory --- Business & Economics --- Dialectical materialism. --- Marx, Karl, --- Materialism, Dialectical --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Socialism

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A corporate anthropologist draws telling parallels between primitive tribal roles and life in today's corporation, and shows how to interpret and survive in that jungle.

Communism and science. --- Dialectical materialism. --- Materialism, Dialectical --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Socialism --- Science and communism --- Science --- Business anthropology. --- Corporate culture. --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Social & Cultural Anthropology

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This book sets forth a clear and systematic approach to Marx's thought that finally makes possible a coherent interpretation of all of his published works. Although Marx's philosophy is usually regarded as one of the most influential ever written, its seeming ambiguities and contradictions have long puzzled readers. By uncovering the framework that unifies the writings of Karl Marx, John McMurtry has made an advance of signal importance for all areas of Marxian studies.The many valuable features of Professor McMurtry's analysis include clear, coordinated definitions of all concepts central to Marx's thought. Closely reasoned explanations illuminate such controversial theories and positions as economic determinism, ideology, and the laws of society and history. Here, too, are definitive formulations of Marx's generally neglected or denied theories of human nature, technological determinism, and mind, plus precise delineations of his stands on traditional political and philosophical questions.The author contrasts Marx's ideas with those of other important thinkers and provides a systematic survey of standard objections that refutes many of Marx's best-known critics and disciples. In addition, Professor McMurtry offers a precise critique of the historical genesis and economic and political structures of "Marxist" societies. Throughout, direct reference to the texts and concrete illustrations explain all relevant concepts, positions, and issues.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Communism --- Dialectical materialism --- Marx, Karl, --- Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. --- Dialectical materialism. --- Communism. --- Bolshevism --- Communist movements --- Leninism --- Maoism --- Marxism --- Trotskyism --- Collectivism --- Totalitarianism --- Post-communism --- Socialism --- Village communities --- Materialism, Dialectical --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Marx, Karl --- Marx, Karl, - 1818-1883

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This book is the first volume to bring together the most prominent scholars who work on Slavoj i ek's philosophy, examining and interrogating his understanding of dialectical materialism. It deserves to be thoroughly and systematically elaborated because it attempts to propose a new foundation for dialectical materialism.

Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Dialectical materialism --- Dialectical materialism. --- Žižek, Slavoj. --- Materialism, Dialectical --- Žižek, Slavoj --- Philosophy. --- Political philosophy. --- Social sciences --- Movement (Philosophy). --- Idealism, German. --- Political Philosophy. --- Social Philosophy. --- Philosophical Traditions. --- German Idealism. --- German idealism --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Political philosophy --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Socialism --- Political science --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Social sciences—Philosophy.

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Amidst a capitalist crisis that has upturned mainstream orthodoxies, this volume underscores the importance of historical and materialist understandings of capitalist economies. Thus, fundamentally, it exposes the limitations of neoclassical economics' endogenous growth theory and how it, in fact, gropes for understandings well established within Marxism. It goes on to examine the relationship between the 'real' economy and 'finance', and also examines how mainstream accounts of stagnation and financialization suffer from an inability to distinguish between productive and unproductive labour. A related study of the financialization of the Turkish economy dovetails this analysis. The volume also questions the current understanding of the information economy and the value of knowledge on a Marxist basis. Finally, an historical re-examination of the Great Depression in light of the current Great Recession, throws new light on modern capitalisms crisis tendencies. The volume concludes with a critique of Lenin's economics, serving also to remind the reader that he is the only world leader who had deeply studied his own country's economy before eventually becoming its leader.

Economic schools --- Capitalism. --- Socialism. --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Social Science --- Sociology. --- Urban communities. --- Marxian economics. --- Dialectical materialism. --- Economic history. --- Sociology --- Urban. --- General. --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Materialism, Dialectical --- Philosophy, Marxist --- Socialism --- Marxist economics --- Schools of economics