In Pursuit of Marx's Theory of Crisis

Samezō Kuruma, Ph.D (1960), Hosei University, was a professor emeritus at Hosei University, Tokyo, and he was the chief editor of the multi-volume Marx Lexikon zur Politischen Ökonomie (Otsuki Shoten, 1968--1985). Other published works include Keizaigaku shi (History of Political Economy) and Kahei ron (Theory of Money). Michael Schauerte, MA (2001), Hitotsubashi University. Assistant Professor at the University of Miyazaki. Other translations include Marx's Theory of the Genesis of Money (Brill 2018) by Samezō Kuruma, and A New Introduction to Karl Marx (Palgrave 2021) by Ryuji Sasaki.

Acknowledgements



Introduction

 Michael Schauerte

 1 Bookish Son of a Merchant

 2 Aborted Banking Career

 3 Creation of Ohara Institute for Social Research

 4 Book-Buying Trip to Europe

 5 Researching Crisis at the OISR

 6 Move to Tokyo and the War Years

 7 Postwar Revival

 8 Marx-Lexikon zur Politischen Ökonomie

 9 ‘A Mere Interpreter of Marx’

 10 The Legacy of Kuruma

 11 Reading Capital as Crisis Theory

 12 A Note on the English Edition



Part 1 History and Overview of Crisis Theory



1 An Introduction to the Study of Crisis



2 An Inquiry into Marx’s Theory of Crisis



3 Addendum to ‘An Inquiry into Marx’s Theory of Crisis’



4 An Overview of Marx’s Theory of Crisis

 1 Marx’s General Grasp of Crisis

 2 Marx’s Theory of Crisis and Capital

 3 Key Perspective When Contemplating Capital as a Theory of Crisis Is to Consider the Developmental Process of Contradictions as a Process Whereby Moments Become Independent

 4 Development of the Independence of Moments and the Necessity of Their Real Unity in a Forced and Sudden Form: The Significance of the Explosion, Real Concentration, and Forcible Adjustment of Contradictions

 5 Moments Becoming Independent and the Elasticity of the Production Process

 6 Some Examples from Capital (and Theories of Surplus Value) of the Emphasis on Moments Becoming Independent



Part 2 Marx-Lexikon zur Politischen Ökonomie



5 Marx-Lexikon Crisis I: Contents and Discussion

 1 Part 1: Contents

 2 Part 2: Discussion



6 Marx-Lexikon Crisis II: Contents and Discussion

 1 Part 1: Contents

 2 Part 2: Discussion



7 Marx-Lexikon Crisis III: Contents and Discussion

 1 Part 1: Contents

 2 Part 2: Discussion



8 Marx-Lexikon Crisis IV: Contents and Discussion

 1 Part 1: Contents

 2 Part 2: Discussion



Part 3 Reviews, Discussions, and Polemics



9 An Evaluation of Condliffe’s Analysis of Crisis



10 The Contradictions of Modern Wealth



11 Are Prices and Wages in a Vicious Circle?



12 Prices, Currency, and Demand



13 Capital Accumulation and the Depreciation Fund for Fixed Capital



14 A Few Problems concerning Postwar Theories of Crisis

 1 ‘Cycle’ (junkan) and ‘Period’ (shūki)

 2 On the Theory of ‘Intermediate Crisis’ – Engels’s ‘Mistake’ etc.



15 Tamotsu Takada’s Theory of Accumulation (Part 1 and 2)

 1 Part 1

 2 Part 2



16 Method for Unfolding a Systematic Theory of Crisis: Critique of Ryozō Tomizuka (Part 1 and 2)

 1 Part 1

 2 Part 2



Bibliography

Index