The Origins of Fetishism in Marx’s Writings

Desmond McNeill ()
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Desmond McNeill: University of Oslo

Chapter 2 in Fetishism and the Theory of Value, 2021, pp 9-21 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Marx first used the term fetishism in almost his first published work, as a young journalist on the Rheinische Zeitung. Here, he criticised the members of the Rhineland assembly in their debates on the theft of wood, taking his first step towards a detailed critique of private property. I discuss where Marx may have come across the term fetishism, and why it appealed to him as a metaphor. I also briefly discuss how others—anthropologists and psychologists—have made use of the concept.

Keywords: Marx; Fetishism; Rheinische Zeitung; Herrera; de Brosses; Comte; Mill; Freud; Religion; Anthropology; Psychology; Moloch; Private property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56123-9_2

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