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In this volume,the first of the author's works to be translated into English, Samez Kuruma examines the different angles from which Marx analyses the commodity and money in the first two chapters ofCapital, Vol I. Kuruma carefully explains each of the theoretical questions raised by Marx, particularly the theory of the value-form, which unravels the mystery surrounding money. The theoretical knowledge Marx gains from his analysis of the commodity is the linchpin ofCapital, but he recognises that this presents the reader with the 'greatest difficulty' just as 'beginnings are always difficult in all sciences'. Kuruma helps to ease this difficulty by making the reader clearly aware of how and why Marx poses his theoretical questions. This work includes an English translation of the full text of Kuruma's book,Kachikeitai-ron to kkankate-ron(Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process) (Iwanami Shoten, 1957) and a slightly abridged version of Part I ofKahei-ron(Theory of Money) (Otsuki Shoten, 1979). It is a substantially revised edition of the English translation under the same title,Marx'sTheory of the Genesis of Money, that was self-published by the translator (Outskirts Press, 2008).

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Author:   Samezo Kuruma ,  Michael Schauerte
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Edition:   Abridged edition
Volume:   154
ISBN:  

9781608460588

ISBN 10:   1608460584
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   15 January 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Notes on the Text Introduction to This Edition Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process Preface 1 Theory of the Value Form and Theory of the Exchange Process 2 Why is the Want of the Commodity Owner Abstracted from in the Theory of the Value Form? (A Response to the View of Kōzō Uno)  Uno’s First Argument  Uno’s Second Argument  Uno’s Third Argument Marx’s Theory of the Genesis of Money (An Interview Conducted by Teinosuke Ōtani) 1 The Questions ‘How, Why and through What’ (The Genesis of Money) 2 Riddle of the Money Form and the Riddle of Money 3 Difference between the First and Second Edition of Capital 4 The Significance of the ‘Why Question’ (The Particularity of Commodity Production and the Essence of Value) 5 In What Sense is the Simple Value Form ‘Accidental’? 6 The ‘Detour’ of Value Expression 7 The Meaning of the ‘Formal Content of the Relative Expression of Value’ (Hegel’s Theory of Judgment and Marx’s Theory of the Value Form) 8 How the Development of the Value Form Unfolds (Neither a Historical Development Nor the ‘Self-Development of a Concept’) 9 The Meaning of Abstracting from the Individual Want of the Commodity Owner (Nobuteru Takeda’s Criticism of Kuruma) 10 What is the ‘Dialectic’ in the Case of the Value Form? Bibliography Index

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Samez Kuruma, Ph.D., was a professor emeritus at Hosei University, Tokyo. He edited the multi-volumeMarx-Lexikon zur Politischen konomie(Otsuki Shoten). Other published works includeKeizaigaku shi(History of Political Economy) andKyoko kenkyu(Investigation of Crisis). .

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