Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Marx's Abstraction -- Questions of Method -- Theory as Critique -- Labour as Activity and as Representation -- Value and Price: Marx's Resolution of a Ricardian Conundrum -- Ricardo Redux -- Economic Form and Social Reproduction -- Class and Capital -- Trend and Cycle -- Value Theory and Economic Events -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.

Theory as Critique , while discussing many central issues of Marxian theory, has two main emphases: First, as the title suggests, it takes seriously Capital 's claim to be a critique of economic theory, rather than a contribution to political economy. Understanding what this means, it shows, goes far to unravelling many difficulties traditionally found in Marx's book, from the nature of his theory of class to the 'transformation problem'. Secondly, Mattick's volume carefully explores how to bridge the gap between the extreme abstraction of Marx's ideas and the complex reality that they are intended to help us understand.

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