Social relations, social positioning theory and Marx

Tony Lawson

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2025, vol. 49, issue 6, 1215-1254

Abstract: Aspects of social positioning theory and central features of Marx’s general ontological, and specifically social relational, presuppositions are compared and found to be rather similar. Furthermore, various long-standing debates and puzzles surrounding Marx’s ontological assessments and preconceptions are seen to be reasonably easily resolved if we view Marx as everywhere drawing on a social relational framework along the lines of a social positioning conception.

Keywords: Social positioning theory; Marx; social relations; Community; Community components; Human persons; Internal and external relations; Capitalist mode of production; Commodity; Value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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