The Logic of Estrangement Reason in an Unreasonable Form
The book recasts the concept of estrangement as `reason in an unreasonable form', traces its development in writings of Kant, Hegel, and Marx, supplies a game-theoretic reconstruction of it, and assesses its significance for a critical understanding of Jo
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The Logic of Estrangement Reason in an Unreasonable Form Julius Sensat University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, USA
© Julius Sensat 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-56557-0 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57642-5 ISBN 978-1-137-56558-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-56558-7 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
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Contents List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgments
x
A Note on Translations and Citations
xi
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Introduction
1
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Kantian Morality and Estrangement 2.1 Moral evil as estrangement 2.2 Moral philosophy as critical theory 2.3 Hegel: Kantian morality as estrangement
12 12 15 30
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Hegel: Actualization of the Free Will 3.1 Philosophy, freedom, and estrangement 3.2 The free will as its own object 3.3 Abstract right 3.4 Morality 3.5 Ethical life 3.6 Marx: the persistence of estrangement
41 41 44 50 55 61 65
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Marx: Economic Estrangement 4.1 Doctrinal inversion, real inversion 4.2 Commodity production 4.3 Capital 4.4 The real subjection of labor to capital 4.5 Reproduction and accumulation 4.6 Hegel revisited
74 74 77 87 89 96 102
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Marx: Prices and the Rate of Profit 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Marx’s view of values and prices 5.3 Critical analysis of Marx’s proposal
111 111 113 120
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Strategic Estrangement 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Rationality 6.3 Social form 6.4 Information
129 129 132 133 135
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Inversion Marx
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