Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy
by:
Robert Albritton
Author:
Robert Albritton
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
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Publication date:
21 August 2001
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ISBN:
0333948378
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9780333948378
Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy
by
Robert Albritton
This text offers an authoritative reassessment of Marxist political economy, perhaps the most significant since Althusser. The book seeks to make accessible the thought associated with dialectics and deconstruction, drawing upon philosophy, sociology, political science and critical theory.
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In this book, Albritton offers the most authoritative reassessment of Marxian political economy since Althusser. Original reinterpretations of thinkers including Hegel, Weber, Althusser, Derrida and Adorno allow Robert Albritton to cast new light on heated battles between Hegelian dialectics and deconstructivist criticism. The unique ontology of capital allows a rigorous dialectic which need not result in essentialism. Marx's Capital is reconstructed as a dialectical theory of capital's inner logic that overcomes the economism and reductionism of much Marxian political economy. While many of the claims of deconstruction are challenged, the utility of a limited deconstruction is accepted. The book makes accessible the sometimes daunting thought associated with both dialectics and deconstruction, drawing upon insights from philosophy, sociology, political science and critical theory. Finding a non-essentialist way of using the immense cognitive power of dialectics represents a major breakthrough for political economy.
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Publisher & Imprint:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
216
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height 216 mm
width 137 mm
weight 337 gr
thickness 15 mm
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Age recommended:
College/higher education
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 335.4
Library of Congress Subject: Dialectical materialism
Summary
Dialectics and Deconstruction in Political Economy
Introduction The Unique Ontology of Capital Hegel's Dialectic and the Dialectic of Capital The Anti-Essentialism of Max Weber The Problematic Althusser Deconstruction and Political Economy Conclusion Bibliography Index
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