Theory as Critique by Paul Mattick

Theory as Critique by Paul Mattick

Theory as Critique argues that the key to understanding Marxs Capital lies in viewing it as a critique of economic theory.

"Marx is widely considered an outmoded nineteenth-century thinker whose predictions have been falsified..Paul Mattick’s superb study, Theory as Critique: Essays on Capital, establishes that these endlessly recycled objections either are not substantiated in a close reading of Marx’s works or do not touch the heart of Marx’s position. Correcting previous interpretations, however, is not Mattick’s ultimate goal: “the main interest of this book is the attempt to bridge the gap between Marx’s ideas and their application to present-day circumstances” (p. 7). Far from being an account of nineteenth-century capitalism made obsolete by more recent developments, Marx’s theory is “still explanatorily relevant to a social system that continues to have the basic features Marx identified” (p. 9)."
–Tony Smith, H-Net

Paul Mattick is politics editor of the Brooklyn Rail; from 1987 to 2004 he was editor of the International Journal of Political Economy. Mattick is author of Social Knowledge (Hutchinson, 1986), Art in Its Time (Routledge, 2003), and Business as Usual (Reaktion, 2011), along with many articles and reviews.

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ISBN 13	9781642590135
ISBN 10	1642590134
Title	Theory as Critique
Author	Paul Mattick
Series	Historical Materialism
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Haymarket Books
Year published	2019-06-18
Number of pages	288
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