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Law of Value 4: Use-Value, Exchange Value, Value by Brendan M Cooney

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June 13, 2010 — “And this is where any social theory must begin: with a study of the productive activity of people as they work to create the world they live in. Not only is this the best starting place for an analysis of society, it is also the best starting point for a radical social theory whose aim is to investigate the possibility of changing the world. If we realize that human society is not the result of some natural or divine eternal logic but merely the creation of our own labor then that means that we have the power to mold and shape that society as we see fit. In a capitalist society these creative powers take the form of an external world of value and capital that acts back upon society, shaping it against the will of its creators. Yet, in the end the world of capital is nothing but the product of our own creation. If we truly want to change the world it is not up to nature, God, fate or experts, but up to us. This is the radical challenge of the law of value.”

full text at: Law of Value 4: Value « Kapitalism101

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Law of Value 1: Introduction by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 2: The Fetishism of Commodities by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 3: Das MudPie by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 5: Contradiction by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 6: Socially Necessary Labor Time by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 7: Production and Exchange by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 8: Subject/Object by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 9: Abstract Labor by Brendan M. Cooney

Law of Value 10: Price and Value by Brendan M. Cooney

11 thoughts on “Law of Value 4: Use-Value, Exchange Value, Value by Brendan M Cooney”

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  11. Hi, Lo–since I have done my homework, (following your referral a day ago to these very videos), I cannot help but offer another link:
    Herein is Professor David Harney–who has taught a college course on Marx’ CAPITAL for 30 years!–offering a free online experience with that tome. The Introduction to Marx and the processes of Thought itself takes 2 hours, but is extremely insightful even if one goes no further. I learned why the videos above do not satisfy my wholeness of understanding anymore than “following prescribed/preordained dogma” satisfies my spirit.

    Sincerely,
    in the spirit of expanding understanding;
    to each of us freedom of route into wholeness,
    Annie

    http://davidharvey.org/2008/06/marxs-capital-class-01/

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