The Critical Theory of Capitalism

Authors

  • Moishe Postone University of Chicago

Keywords:

Critical Theory, Marx, Capitalism, Labor, Time, traditional Marxism

Abstract

Contrary to the traditional Marxist interpretation, Marx’s critical theory is not, on its most fundamental level, a critique of a mode of class exploitation that distorts modernity, undertaken from a standpoint that affirms labor. Rather, more basically, it uncovers and analyzes a unique form of social mediation that structures modernity itself as a historically specific form of social life. This form of mediation is socially constituted by a historically unique form of labor and is essentially temporal.

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Published

2017-12-12

How to Cite

Postone, M. (2017). The Critical Theory of Capitalism. Constelaciones. Revista De Teoría Crítica, 8(8-9), 82–98. Retrieved from https://constelaciones-rtc.net/article/view/1913