Dialectical social theory and its critics Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. 1	The Hegelian Legacy in Marxist Social Theory
Ch. I	Hegel's Theory of The Syllogism and Its Relevance for Marxism	7
	General Reading of the Logic	7
	The Systematic Place of Hegel's Theory of the Syllogism	11
	Theoretical Importance of Hegel's Theory of the Syllogism for Marxists	13
	Practical Importance of Hegel's Theory of the Syllogism for Marxists	17
Ch. II	The Dialectic of Alienation: Hegel's Theory of Greek Religion and Marx's Critique of Capital	23
	Greek Religion: From Epic to Tragedy	24
	The Dialectic of Capital and the Dialectic of Tragedy	26
	Comedy and the Labor Theory of Value	30
	Hegel on Greek Democracy	31
Ch. III	The Debate Regarding Dialectical Logic in Marx's Economic Writings	35
	Four Reading of Dialectics in Marx's Economic Theory	36
	Arguments in Favor of the Systematic Thesis	40
	A Closing Conjecture	46
Ch. IV	Hegel and Marx on Civil Society	49
	A Convergence?	50
	The Divergence	52
Pt. 2	Contemporary Criticisms of Dialectical Social Theory
Ch. V	Hegelianism and Marx: A Reply to Lucio Colletti	67
	Colletti on Hegel, Kant, and Marx's Epigone	68
	Hegel and the Hegelianism of Marx	72
Ch. VI	Elster's Critique of Marx's Systematic Dialectical Theory	91
	Roemer's Critique of Dialectical Laws in History	91
	Elster's Critique of Deductive Dialectical Theory	94
	Replies to Elster's Criticisms	96
	Concluding Remarks	108
Ch. VII	Roemer on Marx's Theory of Exploitation: Shortcomings of a Non-Dialectical Approach	111
	Roemer's Criticisms	111
	An Outline of Marx's System	115
	Replies to Roemer's Objections	117
Ch. VIII	The Critique of Marxism in Baudrillard's Late Writings	123
	Baudrillard's Case Against Marxism	124
	Evaluation of Baudrillard's Arguments	128
	Notes	139
	Selected Bibliography	163
	Index	171