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<p>According to Husserl, the mathematization of the lifeworld involves reducing it, as object of knowledge, to what is measurable, as well as excluding other forms of knowledge of it. This has important implications in relation to the modern conception of rationality, and, significantly, of practical rationality. More precisely, it issues in an impoverishment of the notion of reason. This article examines the idea that the process of commodification associated with the consolidation and expansion of capitalism has motivated another aspect of the mathematization of nature to which Husserl alludes: the mathematization of value. Born from capitalist economy and from practical attitudes, this mathematization of value is a tendency to reduce all value to use value. In such context, this article offers a phenomenological reflection on the crisis of modern rationality, especially in relation to the difficulty to undertake collective actions that follow logics that are different from that of the accumulation of capital, based on the examination of this other aspect of the mathematization of the lifeworld.</p>
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According to Husserl, the mathematization of the lifeworld involves reducing it, as object of knowledge, to what is measurable, as well as excluding other forms of knowledge of it. This has important implications in relation to the modern conception of rationality, and, significantly, of practical rationality. More precisely, it issues in an impoverishment of the notion of reason. This article examines the idea that the process of commodification associated with the consolidation and expansion of capitalism has motivated another aspect of the mathematization of nature to which Husserl alludes: the mathematization of value. Born from capitalist economy and from practical attitudes, this mathematization of value is a tendency to reduce all value to use value. In such context, this article offers a phenomenological reflection on the crisis of modern rationality, especially in relation to the difficulty to undertake collective actions that follow logics that are different from that of the accumulation of capital, based on the examination of this other aspect of the mathematization of the lifeworld.

Capitalismo y Crisis de la Racionalidad. Reflexiones Fenomenológicas sobre Mercantilización, Matematización del Valor y Desinterés por el Mundo de la Vida

Phainomenon

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According to Husserl, the mathematization of the lifeworld involves reducing it, as object of knowledge, to what is measurable, as well as excluding other...

Capitalismo y Crisis de la Racionalidad. Reflexiones Fenomenológicas sobre Mercantilización, Matematización del Valor y Desinterés por el Mundo de la Vida

Publié en ligne: 11 juin 2023

Pages: 101 - 124

Reçu: 14 déc. 2022

Accepté: 03 avr. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2023-0006

Mots clés
Husserl, Social phenomenology, Marx, Critical Theory, Practical Rationality, Collective Actions, Crisis, Mathematization of Value

© 2023 Esteban Marín Ávila, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Capitalismo y Crisis de la Racionalidad. Reflexiones Fenomenológicas sobre Mercantilización, Matematización del Valor y Desinterés por el Mundo de la Vida

Publié en ligne: 11 juin 2023

Pages: 101 - 124

Reçu: 14 déc. 2022

Accepté: 03 avr. 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2023-0006

Mots clésHusserl, Social phenomenology, Marx, Critical Theory, Practical Rationality, Collective Actions, Crisis, Mathematization of Value

© 2023 Esteban Marín Ávila, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Husserl, Social phenomenology, Marx, Critical Theory, Practical Rationality, Collective Actions, Crisis, Mathematization of Value