Introduction
Part One Philosophical Foundations
Chapter I: Hegel: Method and System
A. Hegel's Dialectical Method
B. Dialectical Logic and Materialist Ontology
C. System
Chapter II: Dialectical Logic in Marx's Work
A. Indirect Arguments for Reading "Capital" in Terms of Hegelian
Dialectical Logic
B. Direct Arguments for Reading "Capital" in Terms of Dialectical
Logic
Postscript: Marx's Materialism and Hegel's Idealism
Chapter III: Hegelian Readings of "Capital"
A. Alternative Readings of "Capital" as a Dialectical Theory
B. The Main Hegelian Objections to "Capital"
Part Two The Systematic Ordering
Chapter IV: The Value Form
A. A Standard Reading of The First Sections of "Capital"
B. Hegelian Objections to The Initial Categories in "Capital"
C. An Alternative Reading
D. Responses to the Hegelian Objections
Chapter V: The Simple Commodity Form and the Money Form
A. The Simple Commodity Form
B. The Dialectic of The Money Form
C. Closing Remarks
Chapter VI: The Initial Determinations of the Capital Form:
Labor Power as Commodity, Exploitation
A. The Capital Form, Capital in Production, and Labor Power as
Commodity
B. Exploitation
Chapter VII: Categories of the Production Process Proper
A. Simple Cooperation and Capital as Principle of Organization
B. Capital as Principle of Transformation
C. Accumulation
D. Excursus: Capital and Independent Producers
E. Conclusion
Chapter VIII: The Categories of Circulation
A. The Transition to Capital in Difference
B. The Dialectic of Capital in Difference
C. Hegelian Objections and Replies to The Objections
Chapter IX: The Categories of Concretion
A. The Dialectic of Industrial Capital
B. The Dialectic of Supply and Demand
C. The Falling Rate of Profit
D. The Dialectic of Nonindustrial Capital
E. Evaluation of The Final Stages of The Capital Form
Chapter X: Conclusion
A. Value Theory and Its Alternatives
B. The State Form
C. The Socialist Form of Social Production
Appendix: A Table of the Categories in Capital
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Tony Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University of Science and Technology.
"Tony Smith has now written a book that conclusively demonstrates
that Marx's commitment to Hegelian dialectic is much more
thoroughgoing, fundamental, and central to Marx's thought than
anyone had previously seen. He has done a brilliant job in
demonstrating the Hegelian dialectical logic that structures
Capital. No one had ever worked this out in such detail, with such
rigor, and with such convincing arguments. This is thus a scholarly
achievement of the highest order: Smith has produced a highly
original, extremely well-written and argued, and important work
that is sure to be cited and debated for decades to come." —
Douglas Kellner, University of Texas at Austin
"I am most impressed by its originality and systematic character.
There is nothing in the literature on Marxism that is anything like
it, and responding in such detail to Hegelian criticisms proves to
be a wonderfully enlightening approach to a lot that has been
unclear about Marxism, especially its exposition. For anyone
interested in Marxism, especially his dialectical method and
economic theories, the book is extremely significant." — Bertell
Ollman, New York University
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