Table Of Content‘Thepresuppositionsandcontradictionsof AnalyticalMarxism resultedina move-
mentawayfromMarxismandtowardsliberalpoliticalphilosophy.Butwhatifitsori-
ginatorsunderstoodtheGermanidealisttraditionandwhatiftheirphilologicalskills
wereasgoodastheiranalyticones?Furner’sbookmarvelouslyanswersthisquestion,
stakingoutatenableMarxianpositionwithinthelandscapeofcontemporarypolitical
philosophy.’
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Marx on Capitalism
TheInteraction-Recognition-AntinomyThesis
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JamesFurner
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
ReferencesandAbbreviations xii
1 TheInteraction-Recognition-AntinomyThesis 1
1 TheInteractionComponent 7
2 TheRecognitionComponent 23
3 TheFirstAntinomy 30
4 TheSecondAntinomy 37
5 AnOutlineoftheArgument 45
Appendix:ANoteonTranslation 48
2 AnalyticalMarxism 60
1 TheProjectofAnalyticalMarxism 61
2 DialecticalContradiction 67
3 Intrastructuration 78
4 Conclusion 83
3 CommodityFormPhilosophy 85
1 Use-Value 92
2 Value 96
3 CommoditiesandGoods 102
4 Use-Values,GoodsandDutiestotheWhole 109
5 TheCommodity,DialecticalContradictionandReal
Abstraction 117
6 AntinomiesoftheCommodityForm 121
4 Action 129
1 Capital’sDescriptionofHumanLabour 129
2 In-Order-ToMotivesandBecauseMotives 132
3 OrientationtoanIn-Order-ToMotive 136
4 TheFormofanIn-Order-ToMotive 138
5 ActionandAbstraction 139
5 SocialRelations 143
1 Marx’sGeneralRemarksonSocialRelations 145
2 Schütz’sTypologyofSocialAction 152
3 InteractionasaRelationofMutualAffecting 155
viii contents
4 TheProblemofNormativity 159
5 AnInteractionalConceptionofaSocialRelationof
Production 162
6 SomeObjections 164
7 TheObjectionfromStructure 165
8 TheObjectionfromConsciousness 167
9 TheProblemofLegality 169
6 SystemandBearer 178
1 AGeneralisedInteractionsConceptionofSocialStructure 179
2 SociologicalThoughtandtheConceptofSocialRole 187
3 TheFeaturesofaSystem 191
4 TheCapitalistStructureasaSystem 193
5 TheCapitalistStructureasaSystem(Continued) 198
6 ActorsasBearers 200
7 PurchaseandSale 207
1 Exchange 210
2 IndependentExchangeofProducts 215
3 Possession:SavignyandMarx 218
4 CommoditiesandMoney 223
8 Exploitation 231
1 TheQuantitativeMarxistViewofExploitation 232
2 ANon-normativeConceptofExploitation 237
3 Bazard,MarxandtheFiveConditionsforExploitation 238
4 TheBenefitCondition 242
5 TheHarmCondition 242
6 TheCausalCondition 256
7 TheConsequenceCondition 257
8 TheMeans-to-EndsCondition 257
9 TheSystemUniversalisabilityConceptionofExploitation 258
10 CapitalistLabour-Exploitation 260
11 TheExploitationandNeedProblem 264
12 TheAgencyProblem 267
13 TheCapitalism,RightsandInjusticeProblem 270
14 Summary 289
9 RecognitionandSelf-Ownership 290
1 APragmaticConceptionofRecognition 291
contents ix
2 Possession,PrivatePropertyOwnershipandRecognition 300
3 As-IfMutualRecognitioninPurchaseandSale 308
4 Marx’sConceptofaPerson 312
5 SecurityandSelf-Ownership 314
10 RecognitionandBureaucraticDomination 320
1 Marx’sGeneralConceptionofDomination 323
2 DominationandtheWill 323
3 DominationandAlienWill 325
4 DominationandRecognition 328
5 Marx’sConceptionofDominationRestated 332
6 FormalSubsumptionandRealSubsumption 333
7 DominationandFormalSubsumption 340
8 DominationandRealSubsumption 345
9 TheRecognitionConditionandOccupationalIdentity 352
10 Summary 359
11 AntinomyandStateForm 360
1 ADerivationoftheJuridicalLogicofFreedomofChoice 363
2 IndividualHumanRights 372
3 TheSystemofCapitalistProductionandPopular
Sovereignty 380
4 TheAntinomyofNaturalRightsandPopularAuthorisation 387
5 ParliamentaryRepresentation 391
6 TheSeparationofPowers 399
12 TheRights-AntinomyandClassStruggle 405
1 AnAntagonisticInterdependencyConceptionofClasses 408
2 ClassAntagonismattheMacro-Level 417
3 TheSelf-ConsciousnessoftheCommodity 421
4 Capital’sAntinomyPassage:AReconstruction 425
5 TheRights-AntinomyandtheCapitalistClassInterestClaim 447
6 InterestPrivilegeandPossiblePracticalAwareness 454
7 TheRights-Antinomy,RecognitionandUnionOrganisation 457
8 Working-ClassMovements 468
9 AResolutionofBothAntinomies 470
Conclusion 479
1 ExploitationandInjustice 479
2 TheDisappearanceofAnalyticalMarxism 484
