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The Form of Value: The Scylla of Bailey and the Charybdis of Hegel

In: Fetishism and the Theory of Value

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  • Desmond McNeill

    (University of Oslo)

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In this long chapter, I trace Marx’s route beyond Ricardo, as his criticisms become gradually more apparent. In Theories of Surplus Value, the break is clear; here, Marx criticises Ricardo for failing to analyse the form of value. But what exactly does this mean? To address this question, I examine the first chapter of Capital Volume I in great detail. It is particularly enlightening to analyse the revisions that Marx makes in the Second Edition. Here it is clear that he wishes to distinguish his position from that of an influential contemporary economist, Samuel Bailey who, like other economists, ‘exclusively give their attention to the quantitative aspect of the question’. But in doing so, Marx risks indulging in the sort of speculative philosophy that he had earlier criticised. A close analysis of the first, and revised, texts thus offers a valuable insight into what precisely Marx was seeking to communicate.

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  • Desmond McNeill, 2021. "The Form of Value: The Scylla of Bailey and the Charybdis of Hegel," Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought, in: Fetishism and the Theory of Value, edition 1, chapter 6, pages 77-107, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-030-56123-9_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56123-9_6
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