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Editorial Introduction

Editorial Introduction Historical Materialism , volume 14:2 (49–54) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2006 Also available online – www.brill.nl Pablo Ghigliani The Dark Side of Marx’s Capital: A Symposium on Michael Lebowitz’s Beyond ‘Capital’. Editorial Introduction Since its first edition in 1992, Michael Lebowitz’s Beyond ‘Capital’. Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (hereafter, Beyond ‘Capital’ ) has stood out, within the field of contemporary Marxian social theory, as one of the most insightful continuations of Marx’s theoretical project. Eleven years later, the second edition of the book, which was substantially rewritten by the author, came to confirm its relevance for the understanding of Marxism. Concurrently, this new edition was awarded the 2004 Deutscher Prize, an additional proof of the rigour and quality of Lebowitz’s investigations. Thus the decision of the editors to open the pages of the journal for a plural discussion of Beyond ‘Capital’ , as a contribution to the critical development of Marxism. Anyone approaching Marxism, sooner or later, faces a knotty problem: concisely, the place of the subject in Marx’s works. The dilemma is how to reconcile the notion of capital as an alienated form of social mediation with the notion of class struggle as the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historical Materialism Brill

Editorial Introduction

Ghigliani, Pablo
Historical Materialism , Volume 14 (2): 49 – Jan 1, 2006
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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1465-4466
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Historical Materialism , volume 14:2 (49–54) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2006 Also available online – www.brill.nl Pablo Ghigliani The Dark Side of Marx’s Capital: A Symposium on Michael Lebowitz’s Beyond ‘Capital’. Editorial Introduction Since its first edition in 1992, Michael Lebowitz’s Beyond ‘Capital’. Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class (hereafter, Beyond ‘Capital’ ) has stood out, within the field of contemporary Marxian social theory, as one of the most insightful continuations of Marx’s theoretical project. Eleven years later, the second edition of the book, which was substantially rewritten by the author, came to confirm its relevance for the understanding of Marxism. Concurrently, this new edition was awarded the 2004 Deutscher Prize, an additional proof of the rigour and quality of Lebowitz’s investigations. Thus the decision of the editors to open the pages of the journal for a plural discussion of Beyond ‘Capital’ , as a contribution to the critical development of Marxism. Anyone approaching Marxism, sooner or later, faces a knotty problem: concisely, the place of the subject in Marx’s works. The dilemma is how to reconcile the notion of capital as an alienated form of social mediation with the notion of class struggle as the

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