Labor Redefined: Toward a Commonist Value Theory of Labor under and beyond Capital
| Autor: | Hosseini, S A Hamed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| DOI: | 10.31235/osf.io/ev2m3 |
| Popis: | This paper proposes a commonist value theory of labor by examining the relationship between human creativity and labor under capitalist relations. It argues that the innate (more than ) human creative power constitutes a vital commons that generates ‘true value’ in a commonist state of living. However, under capitalist relations, this creative force is transformed into labor through the process of primary abstraction, resulting in the loss of subjectivity of labor and its transformation into a material cause of capitalist (fetish) value. The paper distinguishes primary abstraction from secondary abstraction, which is the abstraction process in Marxian labor theory, and argues that a new commonist value theory must reflect the primacy of the original commoning nature of labor in generating value. It also highlights the need for a radical restructuring of labor relations to achieve a truly post-capitalist society. The contents of the paper include unpacking Marx’s notion of labor, exploring the true value of (more than) human creative power as an essential commons, going beyond reductionist notions of commons and commoning, understanding the alienation rooted in the loss of casual power and commoning nature of human creativity, examining the unheeded primary abstraction, and explaining how the secondary abstraction is the primary abstraction by other means. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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