Political Economy as a Theory of Subjectivity Sample Clauses

Political Economy as a Theory of Subjectivity. Inspired by Xxxxxx’x Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy in the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, Xxxx set himself the task of making an “exhaustive critical study” of political economy [EW, p.281].26 The Manuscripts represent Xxxx'x first systematic engagement with the field. I am interested here in considering Xxxx’x conception of political economy at this time as a theory of subjectivity. I am looking to investigate what is distinctive about the conception of subjectivity that is 25 Xxxx developed his ideas through his practical experiences as the editor of the Rheinische Zeitung, his critiques of Xxxxx and political economy, and his engagement with the revolutionary movement in France (See Xxxxx Xx., A Xxxx and Xxxxxx Their Contribution to the democratic breakthrough (Albany, NY: SUNY, 2000), p.4- 8). Xxxx'x understanding that the bourgeoisie could no longer play a leading role in the revolutionary movement was to be brutally confirmed in practice by the crushing of the revolutions of 1848 (See Xxxxx Xxxx and Xxxxxx, p.89). 26 The bulk of material drawn upon in the Manuscripts is from Xxxxx'x Wealth of Nations, whereas Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, for example, appears through the work of other writers (x.x. Xxxxx). In contrast, Xxxx has a prolonged engagement with Xxxxxxx in Capital. Xxxx'x description of an 'exhaustive critical study' might in fact be a more fitting description of his later works, Capital and the Theories of Surplus-Value. portrayed by political economy, and the connection between it and private property as a subject. I will ask to what extent, in the Manuscripts, political economy itself can be considered as an active component, the consciousness aspect, of private property as a subject.