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.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionMichael Schauerte1 Bookish Son of a Merchant2 Aborted Banking Career3 Creation of Ohara Institute for Social Research4 Book-Buying Trip to Europe5 Researching Crisis at the OISR6 Move to Tokyo and the War Years7 Postwar Revival8 Marx-Lexikon zur Politischen Ökonomie9 ‘A Mere Interpreter of Marx’10 The Legacy of Kuruma11 Reading Capital as Crisis Theory12 A Note on the English EditionPart 1 History and Overview of Crisis Theory1 An Introduction to the Study of Crisis2 An Inquiry into Marx’s Theory of Crisis3 Addendum to ‘An Inquiry into Marx’s Theory of Crisis’4 An Overview of Marx’s Theory of Crisis1 Marx’s General Grasp of Crisis2 Marx’s Theory of Crisis and Capital3 Key Perspective When Contemplating Capital as a Theory of Crisis Is to Consider the Developmental Process of Contradictions as a Process Whereby Moments Become Independent4 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 Contradictions5 Moments Becoming Independent and the Elasticity of the Production Process6 Some Examples from Capital (and Theories of Surplus Value) of the Emphasis on Moments Becoming IndependentPart 2 Marx-Lexikon zur Politischen Ökonomie5 Marx-Lexikon Crisis I: Contents and Discussion1 Part 1: Contents2 Part 2: Discussion6 Marx-Lexikon Crisis II: Contents and Discussion1 Part 1: Contents2 Part 2: Discussion7 Marx-Lexikon Crisis III: Contents and Discussion1 Part 1: Contents2 Part 2: Discussion8 Marx-Lexikon Crisis IV: Contents and Discussion1 Part 1: Contents2 Part 2: DiscussionPart 3 Reviews, Discussions, and Polemics9 An Evaluation of Condliffe’s Analysis of Crisis10 The Contradictions of Modern Wealth11 Are Prices and Wages in a Vicious Circle?12 Prices, Currency, and Demand13 Capital Accumulation and the Depreciation Fund for Fixed Capital14 A Few Problems concerning Postwar Theories of Crisis1 ‘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 12 Part 216 Method for Unfolding a Systematic Theory of Crisis: Critique of Ryozō Tomizuka (Part 1 and 2)1 Part 12 Part 2BibliographyIndex