From: Michael Perelman (michael@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Date: Thu Oct 30 2003 - 12:37:56 EST
Yes, universal labor is one of the most neglected aspects of Marx. On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 02:06:26AM -0800, Rakesh Bhandari wrote: > Marx, Theories of Surplus Value, Vol I, p. 353 > > 'According to Hobbes *science*, not *operative labor*, is the mother of the > arts. > > "Arts of public use, as fortications, making of engines, and other > instruments of war; because they confer to defence, and victory, are power; > and though the true mother of them, be *science, namely the mathematics*; > yet because they are brought into light by the hand of the artificer, they > be esteemed, the midwife passing with the vulgar for the mother, as his > issue" [Leviathan] > > The product of mental labor--science--always stands far below its value, > because the labor time needed to reproduce it has no relation at all to the > labor time required for its initial production. For example, a schoolboy > can learn the binomial theorem in an hour." -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael@ecst.csuchico.edu
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