TY  - CHAP
AB  - Marx acknowledges the importance of the symbolic dimension in human activities. It is a veil that must be lified to enable scientific study. Critical theory is defined as the operation of deconstructing the world of appearances. It is shown that there is an evolution in the ideas and subjects that Marx investigates. Changes in his use of terminology are examined: firstly from the perspective of alienation, then via the concept of ideology, and finally with reference to commodity fetishism. Capital (1867) marks a break in the evolution of Marx's thought. Initially, Marx saw the logic of appearances within a market economy as a distorted reflection of the material world, but then came to the paradoxical view that the symbolic dimension was a constituent of economic activity.
VL  - 19
SN  - 978-0-76230-838-5, 978-1-84950-133-0/0161-7230
DO  - 10.1016/S0161-7230(01)19007-3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-7230(01)19007-3
AU  - Suchère Thierry
ED  - Paul Zarembka
PY  - 2001
Y1  - 2001/01/01
TI  - Alienation, ideology and fetishism
T2  - Marx's Capital and Capitalism; Markets in a Socialist Alternative
T3  - Research in Political Economy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 157
EP  - 172
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -