Open AccessTeoria Crítica e Dominação na Obra de Moishe Postone
Author(s) -
Sílvio Camargo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
mediações
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-6665
pISSN - 1414-0543
DOI - 10.5433/2176-6665.2013v18n2p118
Subject(s) - sociology , value (mathematics) , epistemology , critical theory , consumption (sociology) , social theory , humanities , philosophy , social science , mathematics , statistics
In this article we intend to analyze central aspects of Moishe Postone’s thinking, in special some ideas of his book Time, Labor and Social Domination (1993). Postone is an original historian and thinker in critical social theory, whose researches undertake to reinterpret Karl Marx, particularly the mature Marx of the Grundrisse. According to Postone, traditional Marxism has proven historically unable to perceive the distinctions between value and wealth as well as distribution and consumption. Moreover, Postone’s critical theory proposes an understanding of domination that differs considerably from traditional Marxism’s, posing significant challenges for contemporary social theory