[OPE-L:2281] Re: Re: : value-form theories

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Michael J Williams wrote:

> The problem with 'abstract embodied labour' is that it pays
> no attention to its own ontological commitment.

I disagree.  The concept of abstract labour, as something that
exists outside of capitalist relations of production, carries an
ontological commitment to the existence of a "bearer" of a
capacity to labour at various tasks, i.e. of beings who have
evolved the sort of general intelligence and dexterity that
allows them to transfer their energies from one task to another
with a high degree of flexibility: us.

Allin Cottrell.

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