Marx and Whitehead: Process, Dialectics, and the Critique of Capitalism (SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)

A reading of Marx's critique of capitalism through the lens of process philosophy. Marx and Whitehead 2 CONTENTS 8 ABBREVIATIONS 10 INTRODUCTION 12 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 13 PART ONE: Creativity 14 1. INTRODUCTION: MARX AND WHITEHEAD 16 REGARDING METAPHYSICS 21 THE PROCESS OF DIALECTICS 26 2. THE DIALECTICS OF PROCESS 36 FROM INTERNAL RELATIONS TO DIALECTICS 36 INTERPRETING EXPERIENCE 37 THE ACTUAL ENTITY 42 THE GENETIC ANALYSIS 45 THE COORDINATE ANALYSIS 47 FROM MICROCOSM TO MACROCOSM 51 3. THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION 56 PRODUCTION 57 THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION IN GENERAL 60 Appropriation, Activity, Objectification 60 THE PRIMACY OF PRODUCTION 63 THE SUBJECTIVIST BIAS 69 DETERMINISM AND MATERIALISM 70 PART TWO: Justice 76 4. BEING AND BEINGS 78 PROCESS, PRODUCTION, AND THE MACROCOSMIC ONTOLOGY 79 METAPHYSICAL BEING 85 SOCIETIES 89 MACROCOSMIC BEING 91 5. THE LABOR THEORY OF VALUE 98 THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION AND LABOR 100 LABOR AND VALUE 105 6. TIME AND LABOR 120 METAPHYSICS AND TIME 121 THE SPHERE OF PRODUCTION 125 INTENSIVE EXPLOITATION 131 EXTENSIVE EXPLOITATION AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF CAPITALISM 134 PART THREE: Care 140 7. ALIENATION 142 ALIENATED LABOR 143 THE OBJECTIVITY OF LABOR 143 THE SUBJECTIVITY OF LABOR 146 SPECIES LIFE 149 SELF AND OTHERS 152 THE MEANING OF ALIENATION 154 8. MISPLACED CONCRETENESS 160 CAPITALISM AS ABSTRACTION 163 The Abstraction of Commodity Exchange 163 The Abstraction of Labor 165 THE CRITIQUE OF ABSTRACTIONS 167 MISPLACED CONCRETENESS 169 ANTIPROCESS, ANTIPRAXIS, ANTIHUMANISM 173 DISJECTA MEMBRA 179 9. SOLIDARITY 184 ETERNAL OBJECTS 188 FROM HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS TO RADICAL CONSCIOUSNESS 192 BEYOND CAPITALISM 199 NOTES 208 CHAPTER ONE 208 CHAPTER TWO 211 CHAPTER THREE 213 CHAPTER FOUR 214 CHAPTER FIVE 216 CHAPTER SIX 218 CHAPTER SEVEN 221 CHAPTER EIGHT 222 CHAPTER NINE 225 BIBLIOGRAPHY 228 INDEX 236 A 236 B 236 C 237 D 237 E 237 F 237 G 238 H 238 I 238 J 238 K 238 L 238 M 238 N 239 O 239 P 239 R 240 S 240 T 240 U 240 V 240 W 240 Marx And Whitehead Asks Us To Reconsider Capitalism, Not Merely As An Economic System But As A Fundamentally Self-destructive Mode That, By Its Very Nature And Operation, Undermines The Cohesive Fabric Of Human Existence. Author Anne Fairchild Pomeroy Asserts That It Is Impossible To Appreciate Fully The Impact Of Marx's Critique Of Capitalism Without Understanding The Philosophical System That Underlies It. Alfred North Whitehead's Work Is Used To Forge A Systematic Link Between Process Philosophy And Dialectical Materialism Via The Category Of Production. Whitehead's Process Thought Brings Marx's Philosophical Vision Into Sharper Focus. This Union Provides The Grounds For Pomeroy's Claim That The Heart Of Marx's Critique Of Capitalism Is Fundamentally Ontological, And That Therefore The Necessary Condition For Genuine Human Flourishing Lies In Overcoming The Capitalist Form Of Social Relations.--jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction: Marx And Whitehead -- Ch. 2. The Dialectics Of Process -- Ch. 3. The Process Of Production -- Ch. 4. Being And Beings -- Ch. 5. The Labor Theory Of Value -- Ch. 6. Time And Labor -- Ch. 7. Alienation -- Ch. 8. Misplaced Concreteness -- Ch. 9. Solidarity. Anne Fairchild Pomeroy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-221) And Index. Marx and Whitehead boldly asks us to reconsider capitalism, not merely as an "economic system" but as a fundamentally self-destructive mode that, by its very nature and operation, undermines the cohesive fabric of human existence. Author Anne Fairchild Pomeroy asserts that it is impossible to appreciate fully the impact of Marx's critique of capitalism without understanding the philosophical system that underlies it. Alfred North Whitehead's work is used to forge a systematic link between process philosophy and dialectical materialism via the category of production. Whitehead's process thought brings Marx's philosophical vision into sharper focus. This union provides the grounds for Pomeroy's claim that the heart of Marx's critique of capitalism is fundamentally ontological, and that therefore the necessary condition for genuine human flourishing lies in overcoming the capitalist form of social relations.