Marx' «Capital» and the Question of Normative Standards
Marx' «Capital» and the Question of Normative Standards

Summary/Abstract: In this article a „starting point“ different from that of Habermas for the reconstruction of Marxian theory will be chosen, for it has not yet been decided which system the critique of political economy follows, what its critical intention is, and whether (and how) it extends into historical materialism. In contrast to Habermas, for the purpose of this investigation the implication-relationship is reversed: the critique of political economy leads into historical materialism which is not a presupposed framework but which first can be developed through critique and remains within the “horizon of critique.” Only by losing its critical intention can historical materialism be established as a separate universal theory of evolution.

• Details
• Contents