Opening the System: (Re)Writing Value Theory Discursively

Kristjanson-Gural, David

doi:10.1080/08935696.2011.558753

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“…In the overdetermined whole of capitalist society, value and the extraction of surplus value should rather be considered as part and parcel of the social context of commodity production, and of the relations of paid and unpaid labor where exploitation becomes visible (206). Kristjanson-Gural (2009) argues along similar lines when he stresses the importance of taking into account the Althusserian distinction between the synchronic and diachronic dimensions of the theory of value. As Marx's argument develops to include ever more dimensions of capitalist society, the concepts introduced earlier in his analysis gain in complexity and acquire a more multifaceted meaning.…”

Section: Value Theory and Abstract Labormentioning

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Equivalence and Antagonism in Marx’s Theory of Value

Tunderman¹

2021

Rethinking Marxism

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The centrality of abstract labor in the Marxian theory of value seems to imply an essentialist position incompatible with Ernesto Laclau's poststructuralist theory of hegemony. However, this essay argues that the Marxian value theory-in the interpretation offered by Moishe Postone-is in fact very much compatible with Laclau's focus on social contingency insofar as it understands abstract labor as a framework of social relations. This raises the question: if abstract-labor equivalence does not derive from a metaphysical essence, then how does it emerge as a socially constructed universality? The theory of value already anticipated Laclau's logics of difference, equivalence, and the empty signifier, and Laclau's work on antagonism can strengthen the argument that abstract-labor equivalence does not involve essentialism. The central point of this essay is thus to interpret abstract labor as a contingent hegemonic formation, constituted upon the antagonistic exclusion of directly useful work.

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Section: Value Theory and Abstract Labormentioning

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Equivalence and Antagonism in Marx’s Theory of Value

Tunderman¹

2021

Rethinking Marxism

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“…This chapter lays out the theoretical orientation of my project, loosely defined as poststructural political economy (Gibson-Graham 1996;2006a;Gibson-Graham, Resnick and Wolff 2001, LeHeron 2007, de Goede 2003, Peterson 2006, Kristjanson-Gural 2011.…”

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Sowing the Seeds of a Collective Autonomy: An Analysis of Post-Capitalist Possibilities in Food-Based Livelihoods

Wilson¹

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This dissertation explores the existence and diverse manifestations of post-capitalist possibilities within food-based livelihoods in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Highlighting the experiences, motivations and relationships of farmers interested in a food economy 'done differently,' my research analyzes how these possibilities are reconciled with day-to-day negotiations of making a living. Food has long been a driver and tool of social change, however,

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Introduction: Value, Commodity Fetishism, and Capital's Critique

Düzenli¹

2011

Rethinking Marxism

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Opening the System: (Re)Writing Value Theory Discursively

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Equivalence and Antagonism in Marx’s Theory of Value

Equivalence and Antagonism in Marx’s Theory of Value

Sowing the Seeds of a Collective Autonomy: An Analysis of Post-Capitalist Possibilities in Food-Based Livelihoods

Introduction: Value, Commodity Fetishism, and Capital's Critique

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