1st Edition

A Historical Political Economy of Capitalism After metaphysics

By Andrea Micocci Copyright 2016
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

In order to understand the resilience of capitalism as a mode of production, social organization, and an intellectual system, it is necessary to explore its intellectual development and underlying structure.  A Historical Political Economy of Capitalism argues that capitalism is based on a dominant intellectuality: a metaphysics. It proposes the construction of a history-based 'critique of... Read more

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION









1.1 On Capitalism











1.2 This Book’s Method











1.3 Clearing the Ground











1.4 A Historical Political Economy of Capitalism: After Metaphysics











CHAPTER 2 – CAPITALISM AS WE KNOW IT AND ITS METAPHYSICS



2.1 Introduction



2.2. Classical Approaches.



2.3 Capitalist Metaphysics



2.4 Liberty



2.5 Political Economy



2.6 Conclusions



Notes





CHAPTER 3 – NATURE AND LIBERTY



3.1 Introduction



3.2 Capitalism, Regularity, Isolation



3.3 Humans and Nature



3.4 Nature Out There: Liberty



3.5 Human Understanding



3.6 Conclusions



Notes





CHAPTER 4 – ECONOMIC DISCIPLINE



4.1 Introduction



4.2 The Discourse of Economics



4.3 Economic Arguments As Justification



4.4 Present-Day Trends



4.5 Materialistic Political Economy



4.6 Conclusions



Notes





CHAPTER 5 – SILENCE



5.1 Introduction



5.2 Questions of Philosophy



5.3 Individual, Society and Evil



5.4 Materialistic Political Economy As History



5.5 Emancipation



5.6 Conclusions



Notes





CHAPTER 6 – CONCLUSIONS



6.1 Introduction



6.2 Right and Wrong



6.3 A Historical Political Economy



6.4 Liberty As Silence



6.5 Final Considerations

Biography

Andrea Micocci is Professore Straordinario of Political Economy, Link Campus University, Rome, Italy.