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Capitalism and Social Theory
Essays and Inquiry
ISBN: 9781563240690
Format: Hardback
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
This work examines the relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power. It examines various theories of class, state and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics and sociology. More
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This work examines the complex, detailed relationship between the theory of wealth and the theory of power, both subsumed as they are under the overarching mantle of capitalist ideology, ever distorting real connections and evading critical issues. It examines various theories of class, state, and power either explicitly or implicitly avowed in the diverse social science disciplines of politics, economics, and sociology. In illuminating the subtle machinations of ideology, it boldly reveals the realist ontology of capitalism which produces illusory theory. The essays employ transcendental realism, emphasizing the primacy of ontology over epistemology as a mode of critique, necessarily going beyond traditional Marxian arguments in many cases. Although intended only as an analytical critique, the project is emancipatory of necessity, for it allows, ultimately, for an increased purchase on reality.
