A New Introduction to Karl Marx

New Materialism, Critique of Political Economy, and the Concept of Metabolism
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-52952-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 215 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

Reihe: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms

This book provides a concise overview of Marx’s philosophy and political economy, tracing various changes of his theoretical views over time through his practical and theoretical engagements with contradictions of capitalism from the unique perspective of Japanese Marxism. While it offers an objective introduction to Marx’s critique of capitalism, Sasaki uniquely pays particular attention to the concept of “metabolism,” whose disruption under the capitalist mode of production causes exhaustion of labour-power as well as natural resources. Sasaki reconstructs Marx as a revolutionary thinker, whose devoted his entire life for the sake of establishing a more free and equal society beyond capitalism. Sasaki’s book shows that Marx’s passion for the socialist revolution in his last years is recorded in his late excerpt notebooks that become available through the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sasaki, Ryuji

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schauerte, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the English EditionPrefaceChapter 1: The Path Toward Questioning Capitalism (1818-1848): The Young Marx and New MaterialismChapter 2: A Changing View of Capitalism (1848-1867): Marx’s Critique of Political EconomyChapter 3: How to Fight Against Capitalism (1867-1883): Concept of “Metabolism” Within the Later Thought of MarxAppendix 1: Marx’s MethodAppendix 2: Marx’s Theory of Reification and the Theoretical Structure of Book One of Capital

Über Autor(innen)

Ryuji Sasaki is Associate Professor of Economics at Rikkyo University, Japan.

Michael Schauerte is a translator based in Miyazaki, Japan.