A Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion: Wealth, Suffering, Negation

This book explores a variety of interconnected themes central to contemporary Marxist theory and its further development as a critical social theory. It rejects Marxian economics as a contradiction in terms and argues that economic categories are perverted social categories. With class struggle recognised as the negative category of the cold society of capitalist wealth, the author contends that the critique of class society finds its rational solution in the society of human purposes, the classless society of communist individuals.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 20 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book delves into a diverse range of interconnected themes that are central to contemporary Marxist theory and its evolution as a critical social theory. It champions the critique of political economy as a critical theory of society, rejecting Marxian economics as a contradiction in terms. Instead, it argues that economic categories are perverted social categories, and it identifies the sheer unrest of life, the struggle to make ends meet, as the negative content of the reified system of economic objectivity. Recognizing class struggle as the negative category of the cold society of capitalist wealth, which views humanity as a living resource for economic progress, the author contends that the critique of class society finds its rational solution in the society of human purposes, that is, the classless society of communist individuals. This book offers a theoretically sophisticated engagement with Marxist thought, making it appealing to scholars of social and political theory with interests in critical theory and post-capitalist imaginaries.

A Critical Theory of Economic Compulsion delves into a diverse range of interconnected themes that are central to contemporary Marxist theory and its evolution as a critical social theory. It champions the critique of political economy as a critical theory of society, rejecting Marxian economics as a contradiction in terms. Instead, it argues that economic categories are perverted social categories, and it identifies the sheer unrest of life, the struggle to make ends meet, as the negative content of the reified system of economic objectivity. Recognizing class struggle as the negative category of the cold society of capitalist wealth, which views humanity as a living resource for economic progress, the author contends that the critique of class society finds its rational solution in the society of human purposes, that is, the classless society of communist individuals. This book offers a theoretically sophisticated engagement with Marxist thought, making it appealing to scholars of social and political theory with interests in critical theory and post-capitalist imaginaries.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032318776