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Engels, Logic and History

In: Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal

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  • Christopher J. Arthur

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It should be remembered that volume III of Capital was edited by Engels; furthermore, to a considerable extent he set the framework for its reception through his commentaries. This contribution concerns the interpretation of the place of volume III in the structure of Capital as a whole advanced by Engels in his 1894 preface and 1895 supplement. However, there is a continuity between these texts and the logical-historical method Engels claimed to have found when he reviewed Marx’s Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859). According to this method, Marx’s exposition is simply a corrected reflection of the historical development of the system of capitalist production. In his comments in volume III of Capital Engels interprets this method as implying that Marx started in volume I by describing a historical stage of ‘simple commodity production’, that it was there that value attained its ‘classical form’, and that subsequently the picture changed when, with capitalist production, commodity value appeared in a ‘secondary’ derivative form.

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  • Christopher J. Arthur, 1998. "Engels, Logic and History," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Riccardo Bellofiore (ed.), Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal, chapter 1, pages 3-15, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26118-5_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26118-5_1
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    1. Bruno Jossa, 2013. "Marxismo, dialettica ed economia politica," STUDI ECONOMICI, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2013(110), pages 5-25.

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