From: Andrew Brown (A.Brown@LUBS.LEEDS.AC.UK)
Date: Wed Apr 20 2005 - 10:58:08 EDT
Thanks Paul, Slave architects? Certainly not what I had in mind! Don't sound much like 'talking animals' either! Andy -----Original Message----- From: OPE-L [mailto:OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Cockshott Sent: 20 April 2005 15:45 To: OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [OPE-L] Why aren't non-labourers sources of value? Andrew Brown Re. 'fluidity and creativity of labour': within slave-based society there are a fixed range of tasks to be done by 'talking animals' and animals, with land, tools etc. To the extent that slave owners get their way, fluidity or creativity of labour does not extend beyond these tasks. Paul C ------- I think this underestimates the skills of for example slave architects and tutors in classical antiquity. Also you probably overestimate the fluidity of labour in classical capitalism and underestimate it in classical antiquity. See the attached paper by Temin
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