Marx and Whitehead

Anne Fairchild Pomeroy

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Marx and Whitehead boldly asks us to reconsider capitalism, not merely as an "economic system" but as a fundamentally self-destructive mode that, by its very nature and operation, undermines the cohesive fabric of human existence. Author Anne Fairchild Pomeroy asserts that it is impossible to appreciate fully the impact of Marx's critique of capitalism without understanding the philosophical system that underlies it. Alfred North Whitehead's work is used to forge a systematic link between process philosophy and dialectical materialism via the category of production. Whitehead's process thought brings Marx's philosophical vision into sharper focus. This union provides the grounds for Pomeroy's claim that the heart of Marx's critique of capitalism is fundamentally ontological, and that therefore the necessary condition for genuine human flourishing lies in overcoming the capitalist form of social relations.
List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: CREATIVITY

1. Introduction: Marx and Whitehead

Regarding Metaphysics
The Process of Dialectics

2. The Dialectics of Process

From Internal Relations to Dialectics
Interpreting Experience
The Actual Entity
The Genetic Analysis
The Coordinate Analysis
From Microcosm to Macrocosm

3. The Process of Production

Production
The Process of Production in General
Appropriation, Activity, Objectification
The Primacy of Production
The Subjectivist Bias
Determinism and Materialism

PART TWO: JUSTICE

4. Being and Beings

Process, Production, and the Macrocosmic Ontology
Microcosmic Being
Societies
Macrocosmic Being

5. The Labor Theory of Value

The Process of Production and Labor
Labor and Value

6. Time and Labor

Metaphysics and Time
The Sphere of Production
Intensive Exploitation
Extensive Exploitation and the Contradictions of Capitalism

PART THREE: CARE

7. Alienation

Alienated Labor
The Objectivity of Labor
The Subjectivity of Labor
Species Life
Self and Others
The Meaning of Alienation

8. Misplaced Concreteness

Capitalism as Abstraction
The abstraction of commodity exchange
The abstraction of labor
The Critique of Abstractions
Misplaced Concreteness
Anti-process, anti-praxis, anti-humanism
Disjecta membra

9. Solidarity

Eternal Objects
From Human Consciousness to Radical Consciousness
Beyond Capitalism

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie politique

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• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791485613
• Langue: English

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Marx and Whitehead

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Marx and Whitehead

Process, Dialectics, and the Critique of Capitalism

Anne Fairchild Pomeroy

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Pomeroy, Anne Fairchild. Marx and Whitehead : process, dialectics, and the critique of capitalism / Anne Fairchild Pomeroy. p. cm — (SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–5983–7 (hc : alk. paper) 1. Marxian economics. 2. Capitalism. 3. 4. Dialectical materialism. I. Title. II.

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For Irene who taught me about creativity For Ruth who taught me about justice For Edith who taught me about care

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Abbreviations

Introduction

Acknowledgments

CONTENTS

PART ONE: CREATIVITY Chapter 1. Introduction: Marx and Whitehead Regarding Metaphysics The Process of Dialectics

Chapter 2. The Dialectics of Process From Internal Relations to Dialectics Interpreting Experience The Actual Entity The Genetic Analysis The Coordinate Analysis From Microcosm to Macrocosm

Chapter 3. The Process of Production Production The Process of Production in General Appropriation, Activity, Objectification The Primacy of Production The Subjectivist Bias Determinism and Materialism

PART TWO: JUSTICE Chapter 4. Being and Beings Process, Production, and the Macrocosmic Ontology Metaphysical Being vii

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Societies Macrocosmic Being Chapter 5. The Labor Theory of Value The Process of Production and Labor Labor and Value Chapter 6. Time and Labor Metaphysics and Time The Sphere of Production Intensive Exploitation Extensive Exploitation and the Contradictions of Capitalism

PART THREE: CARE Chapter 7. Alienation Alienated Labor The Objectivity of Labor The Subjectivity of Labor Species Life Self and Others The Meaning of Alienation

Chapter 8. Misplaced Concreteness Capitalism as Abstraction The Abstraction of Commodity Exchange The Abstraction of Labor The Critique of Abstractions Misplaced Concreteness Antiprocess, Antipraxis, Antihumanism Disjecta membra

Chapter 9. Solidarity Eternal Objects From Human Consciousness to Radical Consciousness Beyond Capitalism

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations of works by Karl Marx C, ICapital: A Critique of Political Economy, volume 1

C, II C, III CM CW EPM G GI POP

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, volume 2 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, volume 3 Communist Manifesto(with Freidrich Engels)

Collected Works

Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy German Ideology Poverty of Philosophy

Abbreviations of works by Alfred North Whitehead AIAdventures of Ideas MTModes of Thought PRProcess and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology RMReligion in the Making SSymbolism: Its Meaning and Effect SMWScience and the Modern World

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