On Kojin Karatani's Reconstruction Of Communism

Compared with the previous Marxists,the uniqueness of communism discussed by Kojin Karatani is based on an exchange vision.From the mode of exchange A to the mode of exchange D,Kojin Karatani replaced the mode of production with the mode of exchange,he made an interpretation of composition of social history from the past,the present to the future,and revealing the possibility of communism in the mode of exchange D.Under the influence of Marx's theory of social criticism and Kant's philosophy,he established a philosophical reflective attitude of"Transcritique",finding the commonality between the two in the strong parallax of Kant's criticism and Marxist criticism.This commonality of criticism inspired Kojin Karatani to re-understand and criticize the composition of modern capitalism,this opened up the journey to explore the possibility of communism,to interpret communism as an regulative concept in Kant's sense,and trying to build an unregulated world republic that emphasizes human freedom and independence.In the eyes of Kojin Karatani,the issue of moderm capitalism lies in the capitalist structure of the system of capital-nation-state,the interlocking relationship among capital,nation and state is the main reason to stimulate the contradiction of capitalism.Only beyond the stable structure of this Trinity system,and breaking the logic of the link between the three,communism can be realized.In order to achieve the transcendence of capitalism,Kojin Karatani launched the New Associationist Movement,in Japan in 2000,trying to resist the crisis of capitalism in a non-violent form,restoring the subjective status of workers in the field of consumption,and to establish an unregulated non-capitalist economic circle.However,the reform aimed at socialism came to an end with the outbreak of;"911" only two years later.The failure of the New Associationist Movement also exposed the defect of Kojin Karatani reconstruction of communism.Although Kojin Karatani's theoretical thinking explaining the communist connotation from the exchange mode id unique,in the process of criticizing modern capitalism,Marx's criticism of economy was largely restored,the absorption of Marxist philosophy and social science in the theoretical system of communism is worthy of affirmation,and being able to persistently explore the possibility of communism in the country with highly developed capitalism,this spirit deserve administration.However,we must see the limitation of Kojin Karatani's plan to rebuild communism.Because of his excessive emphasis on exchange and association,underestimating or even neglecting the important value of production makes the regulatory communism he explained too one-sided.The test can't stand the practical significance is just the theoretical idea on paper.