Re: Re: Re: Economics and Literature

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> I'm amazed that the literary qualities of even chap. 1 of Capital are
> being called into question. Section 4 is one of Marx's most
> deservedly famous passages, the analysis of commodity fetishism,
> which blends political economy, pyschology, philosophy, and cultural
> analysis in dazzling ways. As much as I admire Keynes as a stylist,
> nothing he wrote holds a candle to this.

May I add that the first section of Capital II (Chapters 1- 4 on the
circuit of capital) is one of the masterpieces of  literature. He guides
one around the same circle, over and over again, and   each time
the circle contains more of the totality of human life under
capitalism. It is an amazing tour de force. Sheer beauty.!

Carrol