Brill In Marx's Laboratory: Critical Interpretations of the Grundrisse (Historical Materialism Book Series)

In Marx's Laboratory. Critical Interpretations of the Grundrisse provides a critical analysis of the Grundrisse as a crucial stage in the development of Marx's critique of political economy. Stressing both the achievements and limitations of this much-debated text, and drawing upon recent philological advances, this volume attempts to re-read Marx's 1857-58 manuscripts against the background of Capital, as a `laboratory' in which Marx first began to clarify central elements of his mature problematic. With chapters by an international range of authors from different traditions of interpretation, including the International Symposium on Marxian Theory, this volume provides an in-depth analysis of key themes and concepts in the Grundrisse, such as method, dialectics and abstraction; abstract labour, value, money and capital; technology, the `general intellect' and revolutionary subjectivity, surplus-value, competition, crisis; and society, gender, ecology and pre-capitalist forms. Contributors include: Chris Arthur, Luca Basso, Riccardo Bellofiore, George Caffentzis, Martha Campbell, Juan Inigo Carrera, Howard Engelskirchen, Roberto Fineschi, Michael Heinrich, Fred Moseley, Patrick Murray, Geert Reuten, Tony Smith, Guido Starosta, Massimiliano Tomba, Jan Toporowski, Peter D. Thomas, Joel Wainwright, and Amy Wendling. About the Author Riccardo Bellofiore is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Bergamo, Italy. He is the author and editor of many books, including La passione della ragione. Scienza economica e teoria critica in Claudio Napoleoni (1991), Financial Fragility and Investment in the Capitalist Economy: The Economic Legacy of Hyman Minsky (2 volumes, 2001), and Re-reading Marx. New Perspectives after the Critical Edition (2009). He is a member of the International Symposium on Marxian Theory. Guido Starosta is Lecturer of the History of Economic Thought at the National University of Quilmes, Argentina. He has published many articles on value-theory, method and subjectivity in the Marxian critique of political economy. He is an editor of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory. Peter D. Thomas is Lecturer in the History of Political Thought at Brunel University, London. He is the author of The Gramscian Moment: Philosophy, Hegemony and Marxism (Brill, 2009) and an editor of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory.