1st Edition

The Making of Marx's Critical Theory A Bibliographical Analysis

By Allen Oakley Copyright 1983
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Marx’s written output was massive. Much of it remained unpublished in his own lifetime and there is still no complete edition of the extant works, although most have been published in one form or another. This book, first published in 1983, provides an analytical guide to the complex chronological and evolving substantive structure of Marx’s main writings in critical theory. The format is concise... Read more

1. Introduction: Marx’s Critico-Theoretical Writings: Structures and Issues  2. Before 1884: The Early Critique of Philosophy and Society  2.1. School and University  2.2. Journalism  2.3. Critique of Political Philosophy  3. 1884 to 1856: The Criticism of Capitalism and the Formulation of Historical Materialism  3.1. Paris: Political Economy and the Critique of Capitalism  3.2. Brussels: Political Economy and Historical Materialism  3.3. London: Political Economy Again  4. 1857 to 1860: The Grundrisse and its Consequences  4.1. The Bibliography in Outline  4.2. The Grundrisse Manuscript  4.3. The Plans of the Grundrisse Period  4.4. The Interim Development of the Grundrisse Manuscript  5. 1861 to 1883: The ‘Critique of Political Economy’ and Capital  5.1. The Third Chapter and ‘Theories of Surplus Value’  5.2. The Manuscripts that Became Capital  5.3. The Fate of the Six-Book Plan and Capital  6. Beyond 1883: The Fate of the Manuscripts for Capital  6.1. Engels’s Editorial Endeavours  6.2. The Status of Engels’s Endeavours

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Oakley, Allen