Labor and Value : Rethinking Marx's Theory of Exploitation.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Abstract Labour as a Natural Substance -- 1.1. The Double Abstraction -- 1.2. Labour as a Natural Abstraction -- 1.3. Value Form and Substance -- 1.4. Abstract Labour as a Productive Force -- 2. Abstract Labour as a Historical Reality -- 2.1. The Labour Exchange: From Hegel to Marx -- 2.2. The Subsumption and Subordination of Labour -- 2.3. Abstract Labour as Resulting From a Social Relationship -- 3. Labour Subsumption and Exploitation -- 3.1. The Production of Absolute Surplus Value -- 3.2. The Production of Relative Surplus Value -- 3.3. Wage Dynamics -- 4. Values and Prices -- 4.1. Labour Values -- 4.2. Production Prices -- 4.3. The Transformation Problem -- 5. Measures of Exploitation -- 5.1. Two Paradoxes -- 5.2. A Single System Approach -- 5.3. Back to the Real World -- Conclusions: Rethinking Exploitation -- Appendix 1: Reproduction Conditions -- Appendix 2: Advanced or Postponed Wage Payments? -- References -- Index.
In this book Ernesto Screpanti provides a rigorous examination of Marx's theory of exploitation, one of the cornerstones of Marxist thought. With precision and clarity, he identifies the holes in traditional readings of Marx's theory before advancing his own original interpretation, drawing on contemporary philosophy and economic theory to provide a refreshingly interdisciplinary exegesis.