Neue Marx-Lektüre

The new reading of Marx in a wider sense is about a resulting mid-1960s reception, the economic theory of Karl Marx, which is primarily interested in a theoretical representation of the value form. The new reading of Marx was in contrast both to Marxism- Leninism and to social democracy, especially in Western and occasionally also in Eastern Europe.

Basics

In a narrower sense, a loose group of writers, the term New reading of Marx includes mainly in German-speaking countries, inter alia, also be revised down to Friedrich Engels zurückbeziehende, historicizing and empiricist interpretation of Marx's analysis of economic forms. The term has been used since around 1997 and is based on a work of Hans -Georg Backhaus forth. As more names for these intra- Marxist current, there are also " neo-Marxism ", " critical Marxism ", " capital logic ", " Hegel Marxism " or " Marxism as a social science ."

Starting from the early batches of Yevgeny Bronislawowitsch Paschukanis and Isaac Ilyich Rubin from the 1920s, the works that have been submitted by Helmut Reichelt and Hans -Georg Backhaus in the seventies and eighties, as well as the writings of Michael Henry from the nineties, a partly academic, partly außerakademisch debate about the question of the economic value has developed. These authors, which are now referred to collectively as the new reading of Marx, distinguish themselves in several ways over the traditional Marxisms in the context of the labor movement and of state socialism from. The new reading of Marx rejects

• Prämonetare theories of value, according to which the individual concrete work is already creating value, and the substance of value resulting directly from the expended work hours. In contrast, the social character of value-added work is emphasized.
• Views the state as a manipulative tool of a ruling class. In contrast, the state derivation debate sees the state as for capitalism structurally necessary, relatively separate from the classes part of capitalism.
• Theory of history expectations of consummating by the proletariat to revolution. By contrast, capital is regarded as automatic subject, which exists both in sham -like and real shape.

In addition, however, the authors of the new reading of Marx made ​​against the academically dominant neoclassical economics on the relevance of Marx's approach. Here, in particular insists that the microeconomic approaches to neoclassical economic theory, the Constitution, the preservation and the dynamics of the economic value ratio can not explain and can prove insufficient theoretical means for macroeconomic constructs such as the gross national product. In contrast, it is pointed out that in Marx not find answers to these questions, but it is a higher level of reflection and awareness is applied, which is considered critical to winning it for the contemporary discussion.

The positions within the representative of the new reading of Marx are by no means homogeneous. Often there are disputes and disputes over individual special issues of Marxist analysis. A special focus here is on the interpretation of Marx's concept of abstract labor as well as the issues raised by Reichelt view of the concept of validity.