The schema of the theory of reification / / by Wataru Hiromatsu ; translated by John Hocking ; with an introduction by Makoto Katsumori.

• Superior document: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 255
• VerfasserIn: Hiromatsu, Wataru,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hocking, John (Translator),; Katsumori, Makoto, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 255.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Notes: Placing the concept of reification at the centre of Marx’s thought, Hiromatsu demonstrates across a number of areas — history, the understanding of society, and the understanding of philosophy — the philosophical and practical change in worldview which this concept brings about.

Hiromatsu argues that the change from Hegel’s theory of self-alienation to the concept of reification is crucial in establishing a new relational worldview which is still relevant today. Amongst other topics, his discussion of the understanding of society sees such as a relational dynamic wherein the individual is constantly composed and composing in relation to others, including nature. This understanding is, he argues, the “single science of history” of Marx and Engels. It overcomes the hypostasizing subject - object relation still prevalent today. Originally published in Japanese as Busshokaron No Kozu by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, Tokyo, 1983, 1994. © By Kuniko Hiromatsu.

Table of Contents

Translator’s Preface -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1. For an Extolling of Materialist History -- 1.1. The Dialectical Sublation of Classical Philosophy -- 1.2. The Overcoming of Humanism, and a New Horizon -- 1.3. The Sublation of the Theory of Alienation, and the Theory of Reification -- 2. The Composition and Scope of the Theory of Reification -- 2.1. The Reification of Social Relations and the Nature of Being of Cultural Forms -- 2.2. The Law-like Nature of the Historical Dynamic and the Significant Acts of the Subjects Involved -- 2.3. The Systematic Method of the Critique of Reification and the Standpoint of Value Judgement -- 3. The Theory of Reification of the Historical World -- 3.1. The Being-Structure of the World of the Commodity -- (A) The Twofold Nature of the World of the Commodity -- (B) The Problematics of the Theory of Value -- (C) The Objectivity of Commodity Value -- (D) The Fetish Nature of Commodity Being -- (E) The Fourfold Nature of the World of the Commodity -- 2 The Being-Structure of the Historical World -- (a) The Twofold Nature of the Information World -- (b) The Problematics of Theories of Meaning -- (c) The Objectivity of Social Acts -- (d) The Historical Nature of the Natural World -- (e) The Fourfold Nature of the World -- 4. The Historical Reification of the Natural World -- 5. Philosophy in Marx -- Epilogue — Expanding the Theory of Reification -- Index.