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The Limitations of Structural Marxism

In: Fetishism and the Theory of Value

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  • Desmond McNeill

    (University of Oslo)

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In this chapter I discuss the work of three social scientists who have written about Marx and have drawn on linguistics—or more broadly structuralist analysis—in studying social phenomena: Louis Althusser, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Maurice Godelier. While recognising the originality of their work, and the contributions that they made, I identify some major shortcomings in both Althusser and Lévi-Strauss, concluding rather that it is Godelier who comes closest to successfully combining the merits of Marxist and structuralist methods. But I also conclude that none of the three makes appropriate use of the analogy with language for understanding the complexity of value.

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  • Desmond McNeill, 2021. "The Limitations of Structural Marxism," Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought, in: Fetishism and the Theory of Value, edition 1, chapter 9, pages 141-170, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-030-56123-9_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56123-9_9
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