The Schema of the Theory of Reification: Historical Materialism

Wataru Hiromatsu (1933-1994) was a Japanese philosopher. He was the author of numerous books on Marx, Hegel, and other subjects.
John Hocking is a freelance academic and literary translator from Japanese to English. He is currently undertaking two book translation projects, one of two short works by the philosopher Miki Kiyoshi, and the other of a work by Hiromatsu on the philosophy of the theory of relativity.

Translator’s Preface

Introduction
Prologue
1. For an Extolling of Materialist History
1.1. The Dialectical Sublation of Classical Philosophy
1.2. The Overcoming of Humanism, and a New Horizon
1.3. The Sublation of the Theory of Alienation, and the Theory of Reification
2. The Composition and Scope of the Theory of Reification
2.1. The Reification of Social Relations and the Nature of Being of Cultural Forms
2.2. The Law-like Nature of the Historical Dynamic and the Significant Acts of the Subjects Involved
2.3. The Systematic Method of the Critique of Reification and the Standpoint of Value Judgement
3. The Theory of Reification of the Historical World
3.1. The Being-Structure of the World of the Commodity
(A) The Twofold Nature of the World of the Commodity
(B) The Problematics of the Theory of Value
(C) The Objectivity of Commodity Value
(D) The Fetish Nature of Commodity Being
(E) The Fourfold Nature of the World of the Commodity
2 The Being-Structure of the Historical World
(a) The Twofold Nature of the Information World
(b) The Problematics of Theories of Meaning
(c) The Objectivity of Social Acts
(d) The Historical Nature of the Natural World
(e) The Fourfold Nature of the World
4. The Historical Reification of the Natural World
5. Philosophy in Marx
Epilogue — Expanding the Theory of Reification
Index