Marx's theory of the genesis of money : how, why, and through what is a commodity money?
Bibliographic Information
Marx's theory of the genesis of money : how, why, and through what is a commodity money?
by Samezō Kuruma ; translated and edited by Michael Schauerte
(Historical materialism book series)
Haymarket Books, 2018
- Other Title
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Kachikeitai-ron to kōkankate-ron
Kahei-ron
価値形態論と交換過程論
貨幣論
Theory of the value form and theory of the exchange process
Theory of money
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Note
"Marx's Theory of the Genesis of Money contains the full text of Kuruma's book, Kachikeitai-ron to kōkankate-ron (Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process) published by Iwanami Shoten in 1957; and a slightly abridged version of Part I of his 1979 book Kahei-ron (Theory of Money). This is a substantially revised edition of the English translation that was self-published by the translator in 2008 under the same title. " -- Notes on the text (p. [x])
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-190) and index
"First published in 2017 by Brill Academic Publishers" --T.p.verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this volume, the first of the author's works to be translated into English, Samezo Kuruma examines the different angles from which Marx analyses the commodity and money in the first two chapters of Capital, Vol I. Kuruma carefully explains each of the theoretical questions raised by Marx, particularly the theory of the value-form, which unravels the mystery surrounding money.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Text
Introduction to This Edition
Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process
Preface
1 Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process
2 Why is the Want of the Commodity Owner Abstracted from in the Theory of the Value Form? (A Response to the View of Kozo Uno)
Uno's First Argument
Uno's Second Argument
Uno's Third Argument
Marx's Theory of the Genesis of Money (An Interview Conducted by Teinosuke Otani)
1 The Questions 'How, Why and through What' (The Genesis of Money)
2 Riddle of the Money Form and the Riddle of Money
3 Difference between the First and Second Edition of Capital
4 The Significance of the 'Why Question' (The Particularity of Commodity Production and the Essence of Value)
5 In What Sense is the Simple Value Form 'Accidental'?
6 The 'Detour' of Value Expression
7 The Meaning of the 'Formal Content of the Relative Expression of Value' (Hegel's Theory of Judgment and Marx's Theory of the Value Form)
8 How the Development of the Value Form Unfolds (Neither a Historical Development Nor the 'Self-Development of a Concept')
9 The Meaning of Abstracting from the Individual Want of the Commodity Owner (Nobuteru Takeda's Criticism of Kuruma)
10 What is the 'Dialectic' in the Case of the Value Form?
Bibliography
Index
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