Capital as a social kind [electronic resource] : definitions and transformations in the critique of political economy / by Howard Engelskirchen.

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 Social Kind extends this approach to the study of social life.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Engelskirchen, Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 141.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.