Overview
- Examines whether and how Marx’s concept of labor as not-capital can contribute to the critique of political economy
- Establishes that Marx’s value theory requires a negative conception of labour
- Argues that the critique of labour must be a central component of the renewal of Marx’s critique of political economy.
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As a contribution to critical social theory, this book reconsiders Marx’s critique of political economy through the concept of labour as “not-capital”. Engaging with thinkers who have dealt with Marx’s concepts of “not-capital” and “not-value”, Tetler examines whether and how these concepts can contribute significantly towards a renewal of the critique of political economy beyond the limits of traditional Marxism. In doing so he provides the first in depth interrogation of these concepts, both within Marx’s work itself and within and across the various intellectuals who have put them to use in their attempts to address the faults of traditional Marxism. He argues that the theory of value that sits at the heart of Marx’s critique of political economy requires a negative conception of labour. In helping establish this, the notions of labour as not-capital/value are shown to have formidable ramifications concerning the crisis-ridden nature of capitalist social relations and the struggles operative within and against them.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Benjamin Tetler is an independent scholar. He received his Ph.D. in Politics from the University of York in 2023.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marx’s Not-Capital
Book Subtitle: Labour and the Contemporary Critique of Political Economy
Authors: Benjamin Tetler
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58414-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58413-8Published: 24 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58416-9Due: 24 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-58414-5Published: 23 May 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 189
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Economy/Economic Systems, International Relations