关键词: 斯密阶段, 商业化, 资本逻辑

Abstract: The relationship between Marx and Smith is a key to understand Marxs critique of political economy. The development from The German Ideology to Capital is in a sense a break from the closeness to Smith to thereupon examine the inner contradictions in classical economics. In The German Ideology, Marx explicitly discusses the evolution from the feudal to the capitalist society in a way similar to that of Smith, thereby establishing his first theoretical paradigm about the source and nature of capitalism. While in works such as The Poverty of Philosophy, Economic Manuscripts of 18571858, and Capital, Marx gradually reveals the structuration of the form of capital, and finally goes beyond Smith's “commercialization” theory. It has to be made clear that this process is not a research development from the logic of labor division in a general sense to the capitalist society, as usually understood. Instead, it is a real historical horizon that Marx put forword based on his understanding of the special nature of capitalism. It is only when this change is completed that Marx gets real insights about the “false” nature of the capitalist economic reality and the teleological feature of classical economics.

Key words: Smithian phase, commercialization, capital logic