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Kontekst i značenje Marxova Kapitala
Context and the Meaning of Marx’s Capital

Author(s): Lino Veljak
Subject(s): Marxist economics, Marxism, Socio-Economic Research, Ontology
Published by: Udruženje za filozofiju i društveno-humanistička istraživanja “Eidos”
Keywords: Karl Marx; Capital; alienated work; profit reproduction; ontology of social existence;

Summary/Abstract: It is absolutely necessary to put Marx’s Capital in the context of genesis of his critique of political economy and thus determine the character of such critique. It comprises an ontology of social existence, which upon the analysis of alienated work provides insight into the necessity of private property and logic of extended reproduction aiming at obtaining profit. Insights into inner counterconditionality of alienated work and into necessity of life reproduction within the framework of extended profit reproduction direct us towards the potential self-cancellation contained in the existing order. It is concluded that neither Capital nor the entire opus of Marx’s critique of political economy as ontology of alienated social existence can be considered as obsolete.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 17-27
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian