Kautsky, Lukacs, Althusser and the Retreat from the Economic in Marxism : with the Return in Uno
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- WESTRA Richard
- Pukyong National University
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Abstract
Development of his economic theory in Capital consumed the better part of Marx's life. Yet, paradoxically, throughout more than a century following Marx's passing, Marxism (the body of thought tracing its lineage to Marx), notwithstanding a fecund heterogeneity, is offered up as essentially a theory of history. Indeed, today, few dispute the view of historical materialism as the center-piece of Marxism, with political economy, portrayed at best as a sub-theory. Analysis in this paper turns upon the question of how what is here dubbed the retreat from the economic in Marxist theory is impelled by the sub-theory role political economy plays in support of historical materialism. The retreat is traced across the work of three prominent Marxist theoreticians-Karl Kautsky, Georg Lukacs and Louis Althusser-each widely accepted as representatives of epochs of Marxist thought. The article then introduces an alternative approach to the relationship between Marxian economics and historical materialism predicated upon a reconstruction of Marxism originating in Japan. It demonstrates how the Japanese Uno approach returns political economy to its rightful place within Marxist theory-effecting a return to Marx.
Journal
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- Political Economy Quarterly
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Political Economy Quarterly 44 (2), 77-87, 2007
Japan Society of Political Economy
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- CRID
- 1390001205824066816
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- NII Article ID
- 110009845872
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- NII Book ID
- AA11941356
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- ISSN
- 21897719
- 18825184
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- NDL BIB ID
- 8912503
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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