No. 3. "Toward a Reconstruction of the Marxian Critique of Modernity," Moishe Postone, 1986.

I would like to outline aspects of a reinterpretation of Marx's social theory that reconceptualizes his approach to the problem of the nature of social relations in capitalist society and of the social constitution of subjectivity. It does so in a manner that changes the terms of discourse with non-Marxian social theory and, in my opinion, could contribute significantly to the construction of a powerful critical social theory of modern civilization. The focus of my exposition will be the question of the significance of the category of labor in Marx's mature works.