ABSTRACT

The synthesis of Marx and Foucault has traditionally been seen within the social sciences as deeply problematic. The author overturns this received wisdom by subjecting both thinkers to an original re-reading through the lens of the philosophy of critical realism.The result is an illuminating synthesis between Marx's social relations of production

part |2 pages

Part I Discovering what is real

chapter 1|11 pages

Marketing postmodernity

chapter 2|11 pages

Postmodernity and capital

chapter 3|18 pages

Retroduction and realism

part |2 pages

Part II Conclusions in search of a premise

chapter 4|15 pages

Beyond good and evil

chapter 5|19 pages

Everything pregnant with its contrary

part |2 pages

Part III The unknown masterpiece

chapter 6|24 pages

The inner connection

chapter 7|28 pages

The nature of capital

part |2 pages

Part IV Capital