THE DIALETIC OF INCOMPLETENESS: 150 YEARS OF MARX'S CAPITAL

Abstract

The paper investigates the possibility of considering Marxian thou­ght as a finished whole, despite the incompleteness of Marx's economic work. Throughout the history of Marxism, several critics have pointed to the fact that Marx would have faced methodological deadlocks at the end of his career as if he had experienced a “creative crisis.” The article analyzes some visions of this scientific defeat and indicates the possibilities of overcoming these narrow approaches to incompleteness in order to reflect on the meaning of a Marxist position in contemporary times.