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Abstract
The Unknown Marx is an incisive critique of the way the West has revised and interpreted Marxist theory. Takahisa Oishi argues that Engels’ and Lenin’s summaries of Marx’s system have now been taken by Western societies to represent the sum total of Marx’s philosophy. By returning Marx’s original writings, Oishi reveals the essential limitations of Engels’ and Lenin’s interpretations, and presents a fresh reexamination of the theories of one of the world’s most influential political philosophers.
By departing from Western and Stalinist approaches to Marxism, Oishi attempts to see Marx's writing in the way Marx saw it. In doing so, Oishi gives unique insight into the essence of what we think we know about Marx, evaluating the systematic forms of interpretation which have emerged along with encroaching capitalism. An insightful, highly controversial interpretation of the grand narratives about Marx.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONTENTS | ix | ||
| ABBREVIATIONS | xii | ||
| FOREWORD | xiii | ||
| PREFACE | xix | ||
| Part One: Marx's Dialectical Method | 1 | ||
| 1 MARX'S TASK OF HISTORY AND THE NATURE OF HIS CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY | 3 | ||
| 'Material Interests' and 'French Socialism and Communism' | 4 | ||
| The two-fold Proof of Private Property | 8 | ||
| The two Aspects of Marx's Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right | 9 | ||
| The Nature of Marx's Critique of Political Economy | 13 | ||
| The Relationship between Marx's Critique of Political Economy and French Socialism | 17 | ||
| Conclusions | 18 | ||
| 2 'The Materialist Interpretation of History' and Marx's Dialectical Method | 20 | ||
| The so-called 'Materialist Interpretation of History' in 'I Feuerbach' | 20 | ||
| Insertions by Marx and Engels | 23 | ||
| The Dissimilarities between Marx and Engels | 27 | ||
| The 'Materialist Interpretation of History' and Marx's Critique of Political Economy | 29 | ||
| Conclusions | 30 | ||
| 3 Marx's Methodological Critique of Proudhonian Dialectics | 32 | ||
| Proudhon's Dialectical Method | 36 | ||
| Marx's Critique of Proudhon's Dialectics | 39 | ||
| Conclusions | 47 | ||
| 4 Marx's Methodological Critique of Classical Political Economists | 49 | ||
| Ricardo v. Marx on Method | 50 | ||
| Ricardo v. Marx on the 'Historical Character' | 54 | ||
| Ricardo v. Marx on the 'Intrinsic Connection' | 56 | ||
| Marx's Presentation of Economic Categories | 57 | ||
| Conclusions | 59 | ||
| 5 Marx's Critique of Ricardian Value Theory | 62 | ||
| Ricardo's Value Theory | 64 | ||
| Value as a Capitalist Relation | 66 | ||
| Value as a Capitalist Process | 71 | ||
| Conclusions | 74 | ||
| Part Two: Marx ’s First Critique of Political Economy | 77 | ||
| 6 Defining Capitalist Laws of Structure and Movement | 79 | ||
| The Position of the 'First Manuscript: Former Part' | 80 | ||
| Marx's Analysis of the Structure of Capitalist Society | 82 | ||
| Marx's Analysis of the Movement of Capitalist Society | 89 | ||
| VALUE THEORY IN THE ‘FIRST MANUSCRIPT ’ | 96 | ||
| Conclusions | 99 | ||
| 7 A Two-fold Analysis of the Capitalist Production Process | 102 | ||
| The Position of the First and Second Manuscripts | 102 | ||
| LOGIC IN THE ‘FIRST MANUSCRIPT:LATTER PART ’ | 106 | ||
| Logic in the 'Second Manuscript' | 109 | ||
| Conclusions | 118 | ||
| 8 Comprehending Capitalist Laws and Conflicts | 120 | ||
| The Comprehension of Necessities | 120 | ||
| Conclusions | 135 | ||
| 9 RICARDO, ENGELS AND MARX IN 1844 | 136 | ||
| Marx and Engels on 'A Critique of Political Economy' | 138 | ||
| MARX AND ENGELS ON VALUE | 146 | ||
| Conclusions | 149 | ||
| Part Three: The Totality of Marx ’s System | 151 | ||
| 10 Marx's Concept of 'Social Property' | 153 | ||
| Marx v. Engels on Communism | 154 | ||
| Individual, Social and Common Property | 158 | ||
| The Nature of Capital as the Principle of Marx s System | 166 | ||
| Conclusions | 174 | ||
| APPENDIX I THE EDITING PROBLEMS OF The German Ideology | 179 | ||
| APPENDIX II AN ASPECT OF MARX S CRITIQUE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE CYNICISM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY | 189 | ||
| Notes | 196 | ||
| FOREWORD | 196 | ||
| PREFACE | 196 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 | 197 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 | 197 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 | 198 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 | 199 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 | 201 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 | 205 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 | 206 | ||
| CHAPTER 8 | 207 | ||
| CHAPTER 9 | 208 | ||
| CHAPTER 10 | 209 | ||
| APPENDIX I | 211 | ||
| APPENDIX II | 212 | ||
| Index | 213 | ||
| Anti-Dühring [Engels] | 29 |