The spectre of capital : idea and reality

What is money? What is capital? 'The Spectre of Capital' tackles such fundamental questions at a deep philosophical level. It argues that the modern world is ruled by a ?spectre?, the spectre of capital. This insight is rooted in an original combination of the ideas of Marx and Hegel. It presents the most sophisticated argument to date for ?the homology thesis?, namely that the order of Hegel?s logical categories, and that of the social forms addressed by Marx?s 'Capital', share the same architectonic. The systematic-dialectical presentation shows how capital becomes a self-sustaining power. 00Also available in Open Access ‎Contents ‎Preface ‎Abbreviations ‎Introduction ‎Capitalisation ‎Paragraph Numbers ‎Table of Correspondences ‎Part 1. Object and Method ‎Chapter 1. Capital and Social Form ‎Addendum on ‘Simple Commodity Production’ ‎Summary ‎Chapter 2. Capital and the Actuality of the Ideal ‎Summary ‎Chapter 3. Systematic Dialectic ‎Summary ‎Chapter 4. The Two Dialectics of Capital: Analytic and Synthetic ‎1. Analytical Dialectic ‎2. Synthetic Dialectic ‎3. Interpenetration of Analysis and Synthesis ‎Summary ‎Chapter 5. With What Must the Critique of Capital Begin? ‎Summary ‎Part 2. The Ideal Constitution of Capital ‎Part 2: The Ideal Constitution of Capital ‎The Presentation of Value Form Categories ‎Division I. Capital in Its Notion ‎Chapter 6. Commodity ‎Chapter 7. Money ‎Chapter 8. Capital ‎Division II. Capital Relation ‎Chapter 9. Circulation ‎Chapter 10. Production ‎Chapter 11. Reproduction ‎Division III. The System of Capital ‎Introduction to Division III ‎Chapter 12. Capital as a System of Capitals ‎Chapter 13. The System of Industrial Capital ‎Chapter 14. The Dual Ontology of Capital ‎Chapter 15. Absolute Capital ‎Chapter 16. Capital and Its Others: Labour and Land ‎Chapter 17. The Spectre ‎Chapter 18. Review of the Presentation ‎Chapter 19. Beyond Capital and Class ‎Appendix 1. Commentary on the Hegelian Origins of the Logic of the Value Form ‎The Treatment of Specific Terms ‎§11.1. Nothing and Being ‎§11.2. Exchangeableness (Being Determinate) ‎§11.3. An Exchangeable (Totality) ‎§12. Quantity ‎§13. Exchange-Value ‎§21.1. Reflection and Show (Schein) ‎§21.13. Determining Reflection ‎§21.2. Identity, Difference, and Contradiction ‎§22.12. Form and Content ‎§22.2. The Forms of Appearance of Value ‎§23.1. The Modalities of the Equivalent Form ‎§23.2. Money as Absolute Form of Value ‎§23.31. Value as Substance ‎§23.33. The Infinite Unity of Substance ‎. Interchangeability of Commodities ‎§31.1. Value as Notion ‎§32. Exchange and Circulation (Value in Objectivity) ‎§33. Capital as Concept and Idea ‎§33.2. Money as Capital ‎§33.23. Generation ‎§33.31. Accumulation ‎§33.32. Formal Determination ‎§33.33. Idea of Capital Realised in Contradiction ‎Divisions II and III ‎§93. Absolute Idea of Capital ‎Appendix 2. Tables ‎1. Table of Correspondences ‎2. Hegel’s Science of Logic Categories (in Triads) ‎3. Hegel’s Encyclopaedia Logic Categories (in Triads) ‎4. Immanent Logic of the Value Form (in Triads) ‎5. Systematic-Dialectical (SD) Presentation Table ‎6. Dialectic of the Value Form (in Triads) ‎7. Presentation of Logical Categories of the Value Form ‎8. Presentation of the Categories of the Value Form: Capital in Its Notion ‎9. Tables of Absence and Presence ‎10. The Forms of Value ‎11. Price ‎12. The Metamorphoses of Money ‎13. The System of Industrial Capital ‎Glossary ‎Select Bibliography ‎Index of Names ‎Index of Subjects "What is money? What is capital? The Spectre of Capital tackles such fundamental questions at a deep philosophical level. It argues that the modern world is ruled by a 'spectre', the spectre of capital. This insight is rooted in an original combination of the ideas of Marx and Hegel. It presents the most sophisticated argument to date for 'the homology thesis', namely that the order of Hegel's logical categories, and that of the social forms addressed by Marx's Capital, share the same architectonic. The systematic-dialectical presentation shows how capital becomes a self-sustaining power"-- Provided by publisher This book argues that the modern world is haunted by a spectre, the spectre of capital. This original insight is rooted in a novel combination of the ideas of Marx and Hegel, while going beyond both.