1st Edition

Problems in Class Analysis Production, knowledge, and the function of capital

By Guglielmo Carchedi Copyright 1983

    First published in 1983, Problems in Class Analysis presents a coherent theory of labour’s domination by capital, based upon the notion of the capitalist nature of both the product relations and of the productive forces themselves, including science and technology. The author demonstrates that all knowledges are a product, direct or indirect, of economic relations, so that different knowledges will be the product of different social classes as determined by their position within economic production relations. By posing and re-solving fundamental problems in class analysis, Dr. Carchedi forms a bridge between the theory of the production process and contemporary debates in economics, sociology and epistemology.

    Foreword 1. Dialectical Determination, Knowledge, and Transition to Socialism 2. Social Phenomena and Social Laws 3. On the Process of Mental Transformation 4. Verification, or Epistemology and the Function of Capital 5. Material and Mental Transformation, the Function of Capital, and Capital Production 6. Elements of Late Capitalist Production Relations Notes Bibliography Index

    Biography

    Guglielmo Carchedi