An historical review and reconstruction of 'reification'
Supervisor: Dr James Clarke and Dr Owen Hulatt
The purpose of my research is to address what is, I would argue, the most important question in critical theory: what does 'reification' - which critical theorists broadly refer to as capitalism's mysterious, autonomous character - actually amount to as a concept? To provide an answer, I am conducting an historical review of:
On completion, I will proceed to present a consistent theory of reification where others have failed to do so.