Overview
- Evaluates the influence of Hilferding on political economy and the physiognomy of left-wing politics in the 20th century
- Assesses the validity of “Finance Capital” in understanding present-day capitalism
- Directly compares opposing theoretical perceptions
Part of the book series: Luxemburg International Studies in Political Economy (LISPE)
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This edited volume is focused on Hilferding's major work, Finance Capital. In revisiting this influential book from a methodological point of view, both historical and intellectual, this book affirms Hilferding's place in the Marxist tradition. Hilferding's ideas are used to criticise incumbent approaches in economics and enrich existing discussions and debates about the nature of modern capitalism. In doing so, this book highlights the importance of Hilferding's work in analysing and understanding modern capitalism and corporate developments.
The volume has contributions from a range of expert scholars addressing various aspects of Hilferding’s arguments. It elaborates on Hilferding’s central idea on the political economy, as well as its historical context, and its relation to Marx. Contributors move on to criticize Hilferding’s views on the political economy and politics in general. This book is relevant to those interested in the political economy, the history of economic thought, and European politics.
The volume has contributions from a range of expert scholars addressing various aspects of Hilferding’s arguments. It elaborates on Hilferding’s central idea on the political economy, as well as its historical context, and its relation to Marx. Contributors move on to criticize Hilferding’s views on the political economy and politics in general. This book is relevant to those interested in the political economy, the history of economic thought, and European politics.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Judith Dellheim is a senior research fellow at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, Germany. She has worked in the foreign trade of the GDR. Since 1990, she has been working on economies of solidarity, on political parties and movements, and on economic policies. She has been a member of the Federal Board of the PDS in 1995–2003, a freelance scientific consultant from 2004–2010, and senior researcher at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation since 2011. She is co-editor of Rosa Luxemburg: A Permanent Challenge for Political Economy and The Unfinished System of Karl Marx.
Frieder Otto Wolf is Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. He has been a lecturer in philosophy at this institution since 1973, and became Honorary Professor in 2007. He has served as a fellow at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and sits on the advisory board of several journals. He has published books andarticles on political philosophy, the politics of labor, the politics of sustainability, political epistemology, and metaphilosophy, including as co-editor of Rosa Luxemburg: A Permanent Challenge for Political Economy and The Unfinished System of Karl Marx.
Frieder Otto Wolf is Honorary Professor of Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. He has been a lecturer in philosophy at this institution since 1973, and became Honorary Professor in 2007. He has served as a fellow at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and sits on the advisory board of several journals. He has published books andarticles on political philosophy, the politics of labor, the politics of sustainability, political epistemology, and metaphilosophy, including as co-editor of Rosa Luxemburg: A Permanent Challenge for Political Economy and The Unfinished System of Karl Marx.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rudolf Hilferding
Book Subtitle: What Do We Still Have to Learn from His Legacy?
Editors: Judith Dellheim, Frieder Otto Wolf
Series Title: Luxemburg International Studies in Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47344-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47346-4Published: 02 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47344-0Published: 01 February 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-6373
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6381
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 352
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Political Economy/Economic Systems, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, European Politics