The Development of the Concept over Time

Desmond McNeill ()
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Desmond McNeill: University of Oslo

Chapter 3 in Fetishism and the Theory of Value, 2021, pp 23-37 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract I trace Marx’s frequent use of the term fetishism throughout his writings, including references in The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, Marx’s Letter to Annenkov (1846) and the Grundrisse (1858). I distinguish three separate stages. In the first, the word fetishism is used, but Marx’s analysis is only in an embryonic state. In the second, Marx’s ideas are developing but the word is not used. In the third and final stage, Marx adopts fetishism as a central concept in his analysis. I also note a shift in the development of Marx’s use of the term fetishism, from an emphasis on property to an emphasis on the social relations of production.

Keywords: Marx; Fetishism; Hegel; Feuerbach; Proudhon; Private property; Social relations of production; Labour; Religion; Physiocrats; James Mill; Adam Smith (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-56123-9_3

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