Marx, Engels y una (re)producción material del vivir humano: hacia la restitución de una base histórica
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2019-03-26
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Universidad EAFIT
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La (re)producción material del vivir humano describe, en última instancia, en cuanto a nuestro entendimiento, lo que en la concepción materialista de la historia de Marx y Engels se puede entender por base económica. Con el fin de ilustrar lo afirmado, se estudian las siguientes formulaciones, que toman en cuenta la amplitud de las relaciones económicas: “producción de la propia vida material”, “producción de la vida”, “modo de producción de la vida material” y “producción y reproducción de la vida inmediata”. La producción implica siempre la reproducción, las condiciones que garanticen su continuidad, lo que se entiende como “condición básica” —veremos que no es en un sentido restringido— de la sociedad. Es esta perspectiva, no sistematizada por los dos autores alemanes, pero ampliamente presente en la generalidad de sus escritos, la que se pretende recuperar para el debate, con vistas a la restitución de una base histórica.
The material (re)production of human living describes, in the last instance, as far as our understanding is concerned, what in the materialistic conception of history of Marx and Engels can be understood by economic basis. In order to illustrate what has been affirmed, one considers the following formulations which consider the amplitude of economic relations: “production of material life itself”, “production of life”, “mode of production of material life” and “production and reproduction of immediate life”. Production always implies reproduction; it implies the conditions that guarantee its continuity. This is understood as the basic condition –we shall see that it is not in a narrow sense – of society. It is this perspective, not systematized by the two German authors, but widely present in most of his writings, which is intended to be retrieved for debate, with a view to restoring a historical basis.
The material (re)production of human living describes, in the last instance, as far as our understanding is concerned, what in the materialistic conception of history of Marx and Engels can be understood by economic basis. In order to illustrate what has been affirmed, one considers the following formulations which consider the amplitude of economic relations: “production of material life itself”, “production of life”, “mode of production of material life” and “production and reproduction of immediate life”. Production always implies reproduction; it implies the conditions that guarantee its continuity. This is understood as the basic condition –we shall see that it is not in a narrow sense – of society. It is this perspective, not systematized by the two German authors, but widely present in most of his writings, which is intended to be retrieved for debate, with a view to restoring a historical basis.