Capitalism, Alienation and Critique: Studies in Economy and Dialectics (Dialectics, Deontology and Democracy, Vol. I) PDF
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Capitalism, Alienation and Critique <UN> Studies in Moral Philosophy Series Editor Thom Brooks (Durham University) Editorial Board Chrisoula Andreou (University of Utah) Mark Bevir (University of California, Berkeley) Clare Chambers (University of Cambridge) Fabian Freyenhagen (University of Essex) Tim Mulgan (University of St Andrews) Ian Shapiro (Yale University) VOLUME 13 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/simp <UN> Capitalism, Alienation and Critique Studies in Economy and Dialectics (Dialectics, Deontology and Democracy, Vol. i) By Asger Sørensen Edited by Lisbet Rosenfeldt Svanøe leiden | boston <UN> This publication, and the research that made it possible, has been generously supported by Aarhus University Research Foundation, Denmark. Support has also been received from the Project: Public Sphere and Emerging Subjects (ffi2016-75603-r, aei/feder, ue), Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Sørensen, Asger, 1960- author. Title: Capitalism, alienation, and critique : studies in economy and dialectics / by Asger Sørensen ; edited by Lisbet Rosenfeldt Svanøe. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Dialectics, deontology, and democracy vol. 1 | Series: S tudies in moral philosophy, issn 2211-2014 ; volume 13 | Includes index. Identifiers: lccn 2017057559 (print) | lccn 2018006888 (ebook) | isbn 9789004362420 (E-book) | isbn 9789004362413 (hardback : alk. paper) Subjects: lcsh: Capitalism. | Alienation (Philosophy) | Critical thinking. | Dialectic. Classification: lcc hb501 (ebook) | lcc hb501 .S7748 2018 (print) | ddc 335.4--dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017057559 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. 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This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. <UN> To Britta Harboe Olsen ∵ <UN> Contents Preface ix Acknowledgements xi List of Abbreviations xix Introduction 1 Presentation: Dialectics, Deontology and Democracy 18 Interlude: Arguing for Classical Critical Theory: Horkheimer, Marcuse et al. 24 part one Economy 1 An Alternative Agenda for Political Economy: Durkheim et al. 85 2 From Restricted Economy to General Economy – and Back: Bataille 96 part two Dialectics 3 On the Contribution of Dialectics: Plato et al. 133 4 Totalizing Negativity and Change: Bataille, Hegel et al. 138 5 From Ontology to Epistemology: Tong, Mao and Hegel 157 6 Critique Presupposes Alienation: Hegel 179 <UN> viii Contents 7 On the Way to Liberation: Marcuse 210 Postscript: Continuing the Critique of Capitalism and Political Economy 235 Name Index and Bibliography 295 Subject Index 302 Detailed List of Content 321 <UN> Preface The work presented in this book has stretched over many years. Allow me therefore to extend a general expression of my gratitude to all the people, cir- cles and networks, not to forget all the institutions, organizations and technol- ogy, maintained and governed by innumerable people, and paid for by even more, without which this work would not be worth presenting. Over the pass- ing decades, this plurality of material, corporal and ideal entities has collec- tively enabled me to work on these matters that I hold so dear, refining and developing my ideas, and without this totality, the material results of all my good intentions would be far less interesting and readable. At least, this is the conclusion I would argue, empirically as well as norma- tively. The social division of labour cannot but add to the quality of specialized academic work. Hence, the romantic ideal of the thinker – always male, sitting all by himself in his attic (or his mountain cabin), alone with his thoughts, sup- plied only with quill, paper and candle – could not be further from the reali- ties of modern day academics. And so it should be; for me there are no regrets regarding professional specialization of intellectual work and the possibilities provided by technological globalization, i.e. the internet. If only we could have had it without capitalism… The academic acknowledgements regarding specific chapters are placed in the Acknowledgements section below. Here I will simply thank those wonder- ful people who stood by me and helped me keep up my good spirits, especially in the final phases of completing the manuscript for this first volume of Dialec- tics, Deontology and Democracy. Allow me to thank my editor, Lisbet Rosenfeldt Svanøe, for her highly competent work and friendly assistance, allowing me to focus on the con- tent without worrying too much about matters of form, and even providing me with valuable suggestions and philosophical insights to refine my arguments along the way. A special thanks also to Eskil Riskær, who generously read the volume as a whole prior to production, contributing not only to the proofread- ing, but also to the structure and the precision of the argument. The spring term 2016 at University of Sussex was where this volume really took form. Thanks to Gordon Finlayson, the local faculty decided to award me the title of Visiting Research Fellow, and with such an esteemed title came all kinds of facilities provided by the School of History, Art History and Philos- ophy (hahp), the Department of Philosophy and the Centre for Social and Political Thought (spt). Included was thus an office, a series of seminars and <UN>
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