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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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of glevy@xxxxxxxxx Sent: 27 October 2005 20:58 To: OPE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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
- [OPE-L] [Jurriaan] Derrida's ghosts, glevy Sat 29 Oct 2005, 12:55 GMT
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- [OPE-L] [Jurriaan] Derrida's ghosts, glevy Sun 30 Oct 2005, 18:05 GMT
- [OPE-L] [Jurriaan] The inverse transformation problem, or, turning Marx the right way up, glevy Thu 27 Oct 2005, 23:29 GMT
- [OPE-L] The Ghost in Volume 3 of Marx's _Capital_, glevy Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:58 GMT
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- Re: [OPE-L] The Ghost in Volume 3 of Marx's _Capital_, Andrew Brown Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:55 GMT
- Re: [OPE-L] The Ghost in Volume 3 of Marx's _Capital_, Jerry Levy Fri 28 Oct 2005, 12:45 GMT
- Re: [OPE-L] The Ghost in Volume 3 of Marx's _Capital_, Andrew Brown Fri 28 Oct 2005, 14:21 GMT
- [OPE-L] The Devil and the Free Market, glevy Thu 27 Oct 2005, 12:37 GMT
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