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Abrams, P., 104
absolute surplus value, 31, 33, 136 abstraction, 54-7, 85-8, 126-30, abstraction, 54-7, 85-8, 126-30,
140–1, 142, 149, 151; abstract and concrete, 20, 53–4, 126-7, 131–7, 141; and capitalism, 92-3, 130-1; and fetishism, 141–2; of individual, 100, 102, 130, 137, 138, 140; of labour, 129, 130, 135; of law and state, 97, 102, 130, 145–6; of private life, 97–8; production in general as, 23, 39–40, 54, 128; of society, 94, 140; sociological, 138–40; violent, 53; Wittgenstein on, 153; see also reification
abstract labour, see labour action, activity, 84, 87, 94–5, 125, 132, 136–7, 140; see also individuals
Acton, H. B., 50–1, 52, 53, 55, 57, 75, 89,114
age, 10, 70, 81, 103; see also patriarchy
alienation, 28, 43-4, 92, 93, 99, 104; and private property, 61–2, 105–6; see also reification
Althusser, L., 9–10, 12, 51, 90, 154; Althusserians, 13, 63; see also Hindess, B., Hirst, P.
ancient society, 66-7, 69, 70, 78, 90, 101, 108, 127, 139
Anderson, P., 3, 35, 73–4, 110 anthropoiogy, 63, 70, 143, 148; see also Godelier, M., Meillassoux, C.
appearance/essence distinction, see critique, Erscheinungsformen
Aristotle, 101, 106, 127, 155
Asiatic society, 45, 48, 64–6, 69, 70, 139
Balibar, E., 35, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 153, 154
Barker, D., 80
base, see economic structure, relations of production; see also superstructure
Bauer, B., 85
Bentham, J., 108, 145
Bernstein, E., 17
Bettelheim, C., 35, 150
Bhaskar, R., 123, 124
Binns, B., viii
Blake, W., 145
Bloch, M., 60–1, 143, 149
bourgeoisie; and civil society, 98-9; class of individuals, 106-7; and family, 79; impersonal rule of, 105–6, 110; and law, 106–11; first ruling class, 105–6, 139; and state, 103, 105–11; see also bürgerliche Gesellschaft, private property
Braverman, H., 144 bureaucracy, 138 bureaucratic collectivism, 65 bürgerliche Gesellschaft, 98–9; see also civil society
capital, 19, 58, 132, 140; circuit of, 134; Cohen on, 134; concept of, 133; constant, 58, 129; fetishism of, 39, 46–7, 93, 130, 134, 135; fixed and circulating, 129; historicity of, 136; inherent in exchange-value, 109; machinery embodiment of social power of, 32; as productive force, 34, 46–7; as social relation, 46–7, 62, 133–4, 135, 136; variable, 129, 132; see also formal subordination, real subordination, wage labour
capitalism, 28, 29, 46, 71, 137–8, 145; and abstract labour, 128–30; appearance/essence distinction in, 93; and base/superstructure, 70, 73, 93–4, 109–12, 143; dynamism of, 99; economic structure in, 63, 70, 73, 75, 94, 109, 110, 137, 140, 143, 144; fetishism in, 39, 43, 48, 92–3, 94, 140; forces/relations contradiction in, 144; fundamentals of, 33, 43, 109–11, 132; historicity of, 136–7; and individualization, 99, 138; origins of, 34–5, 122–3, 135; and patriarchy, 79, 80–2; productive forces of, 30–49 passim, 147; property in, 60, 62–3, 137, 142, see also private property; and state formation, 138, see also state; and traditional Marxist categories, 141-3; Victorian, 80
capital-logic school, 108, 156
categories, see abstractions, concepts, historical categories, ideas, transhistorical categories
Chernyshevsky, N., 16
circulation, 43; and legal forms, 55, 108-9
citizenship; in ancient society, 66–7, 69, 101, 143; in bourgeois society, 102-4, 110, 138, 140
civilization, 30, 46, 147
civil society, 16, 97–9, 101–4, 111–12, 138; epitomized in state, 109–10; as historical category, 98–9
clan, 64–9 passim, 79, 99
class, 2, 3, 18, 19, 21, 110, 138, 146–7; Cohen on, 3, 146; and division of labour, 62, 82, 137; not just economic relation, 110, 146; and estate, 105–6, 137, 139, 156; one-class society, 139; and patriarchy, 81-2; and state, 103–11, 133; struggle, 107, 135–6; Thompson on, 3, 146; see also bourgeoisie, working class
Cohen, G. A., xi-xii, 2–5, 6, 8–9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15–17, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 28, 35, 37–9, 44, 46–7, 50–8 passim, 59, 61, 64, 72, 74–5, 76, 83-4, 89, 91, 97, 110, 112, 113–25 passim, 134, 136, 137, 141, 142, 146, 147, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154
Colletti, L., 17–18, 24, 134, 141
Combination Acts, 136
commodity, 20, 128-9, 138; fetishism of, 40–1, 47, 48, 93, 106, 112, 130, 134; and forms of law, 108–9; labour power as, 132; production, 41–2, 45, see also capitalism, division of labour
commune, 20, 99; ancient, 66–7, 69, 98, see also polis; Asiatic, 45, 64–6, 69; in Grundrisse, 63–9; communal labour, 41, 129; medieval, 60, 98; primitive, 63–6, 67, 69, 78; a productive force, 29; Russian, 12; see also Marx, late writings
communism, 29, 137; see also socialism community, see commune; ideal or illusory, 101–2, 104, 105, 111–12, 138
competition, 34, 107 concepts: facet of reality, 20, see also consciousness, ideas; in internal relations view, 20–1, 36; not Marx's starting-point, 40; truth-value of, 131; see also definition, historical categories, transhistorical categories
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