『資本論』第II部第I編「資本循環論」成立過程の一齣 : 手稿『経済学批判』第XV冊および第XVII冊について
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Hitherto there has probably been little research on the following points; in what contexts and to what extent has been formed the subject matter or the foundation, which Marx developed in the first manuscript (1865) of "Das Kapital" Book II /Part 1, in the manuscripts "Zur Kritik der Politischen Okonomie 1861-1863"; and what importance it carried in the Formation of Marx's "Das Kapital" as a whole. Marx interrupts the description of 'Theories of Surplus-Value' in the manuscripts (1861-63) No. XV and enters there 'Episode. Revenue and its Sources', in which he observes the 'fetish' relation between 'revenue' (interest) and its 'Source' (interest-bearing capital). On this occassion, he fills in a digressive supplement: 'Different Forms of Capital', in which he explains that the metamorphosis ( = transitions) of capital in the circulationsprocess are the processes with a time and therefore one part of industrial capital must always operate in this process; and that circulation capital becomes commercial capital, inasmuch as the function of capital in the process of circulation is 'fixed' as a special function of special capital. In the other digressive supplement which follows, Marx clarifies firstly the following from the viewpoint of 'continuty of the production process', distinguished from the viewpoint of 'separate production processes'; that the process of circulation, M-C or C-M carries a different meaning, according to either point of view; and that we can find '3 forms of reproduction' (the 'prototype' of 'the formula of the capital circuits'), according to the former point of view. In 'Commercial Capital' (manuscript No. XVII) followed after this 'Episode', 'a continuation of a process of production within the process of circulation'-e. g., transportation, warehousing, etc.-is analyzed in order to extract 'the pure merchant's capital', and further, 'the cost of the pure merchant's capital' and 'the cost of circulation' by means of 'technical operation' related with money-dealing are observed. These become materials and the foundation of 'Cost of Circulation'. And on the basis of the 'prototype' of 'the formula of the capital circuit' (includig the synchronism of 3 circuit types), Marx analyzes 2 forms of 'commercial capital', i. e. merchant's capital and money-dealing capital. Finally he indicates that we can at last describe 'capital as credit', for we have analyzed money-dealing capital, i. e. the money-capital rendered independent as 'a special sort of capital'. Therefore the formation of the subject matter or the fundation of Book II/Part 1, especially of the 'prototype' of 'capitalcircuits', makes an epoch in the process of the formation of not only "Das Kapital" Book II, but of its Book III.
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- 1991-07-20