Commodity Fetishism as Semblance
| Autor: | Tad Skotnicki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Sociological Theory. 38:362-377 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9558 0735-2751 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0735275120968256 |
| Popis: | With the aid of Hannah Arendt’s distinction between authentic and inauthentic semblances, this article reconstructs Karl Marx’s notion of commodity fetishism as a phenomenological concept. It reveals two distinct interpretive moments in the fetish: the interpretation of goods as anonymous in exchange and the interpretation of commodity-exchange as natural. As authentic semblances, interpretations in commodity-exchange cannot be “seen through” or corrected with a shift in perspective; in contrast, as inauthentic semblances, interpretations of commodity-exchange can be corrected with such a shift. This reconsideration of commodity fetishism suggests phenomenology and interpretive analysis should contribute to an analysis of region and globe-defining social systems. |
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