Dance of the Dialectic : Steps in Marx's Method

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Marxism, This Tale of Two Cities 1(10) STEP 1 The Meaning of Dialectics 11(12) STEP 2 Social Relations as Subject Matter 23(13) The Philosophy of Internal Relations 36(15) In Defense of the Philosophy of Internal Relations 51(8) STEP 3 Putting Dialectics to Work: The Process of Abstraction in Marx's Method 59(56) The Problem: How to Think Adequately about Change and Interaction 59(1) The Solution Lies in the Process of Abstraction 60(3) How Marx's Abstractions Differ 63(6) The Philosophy of Internal Relations 69(4) Three Modes of Abstraction: Extension 73(13) Level of Generality 86(13) And Vantage Point 99(11) The Role of Abstractions in the Debates over Marxism 110(5) STEP 4 Studying History Backward: A Neglected Feature of Marx's Materialist Conception of History 115(12) Dialectic as Inquiry and Exposition 127(8) Marxism and Political Science: Prolegomenon to a Debate on Marx's Method 135(20) Why Dialectics? Why Now? or, How to Study the Communist Future Inside the Capitalist Present 155(18) STEP 5 Critical Realism in Light of Marx's Process of Abstraction 173(9) Marx's Dialectical Method Is More Than a Mode of Exposition: A Critique of Systematic Dialectics 182(11) Why Does the Emperor Need the Yakuza? Prolegomenon to a Marxist Theory of the Japanese State 193(24) Bibliography 217(6) Index of Names and Ideas 223