From: Andrew Brown (A.Brown@LUBS.LEEDS.AC.UK)
Date: Fri Oct 28 2005 - 07:55:28 EDT
This quote sums it up nicely. The substance of value is 'ghostly' labour because it purely abstract, purely non-sensuous labour, hence requiring money for its existence. Andy -----Original Message----- From: OPE-L [mailto:OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU] On Behalf Of glevy@PRATT.EDU Sent: 27 October 2005 20:58 To: OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: [OPE-L] The Ghost in Volume 3 of Marx's _Capital_ We have yet to discuss the ghost in Volume 3, Ch. 48, last paragraph in the 1st section: <http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1894-c3/ch48.htm> The "mere ghost", it turns out, is none other than Labour ... "which is no more than an empty abstraction and taken by itself does not exist ...." Comments? In solidarity, Jerry
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