Marx's Embryology of Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10927188 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arno Wouters (0000-0002-5342-4363, University of Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-179 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-3931 • E-ISSN: 1552-7441 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004839319302300201 |
| OpenAlex | W2160816804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article presents a new interpretation of Marx's dialectical method. Marx conceived dialectics as a method for constructing a model of society. The way this model is developed is analogous to the way organisms develop according to the German embryologist Karl Ernst von Baer, and, indeed, Marx's theory of capitalism hinges on the same concept of Organisation that is found in teleomechanical biology. The strong analogy between pre-Darwinian biology and Marx's structure of argument shows that the analogy often supposed to exist between Darwin and Marx is not relevant to Marx's theory of capitalism
Analogy · Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Capitalism · Darwin (ADL) · Darwinism · Dialectic · Economics · Epistemology · German · Interpretation (philosophy) · Neoclassical economics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |