Comments on: Reflections on Elson’s “Value Theory of Labour”, part 2

By: K101

K101 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:53:42 +0000

Thanks for this post on the Elson (I know it’s older, but I finally got my hands on the Elson chapter… not easy to find.) I found my head spinning with unformed criticism of her positions and this post helped me collect my thoughts more concretely. While I am very interested in the question of what is unique about Marx’s theory of value (especially the focus on understanding determination) I am wary of attempts to conceptualize it in ways that leave no room for price or structure of production, especially in light of recent developments in value theory (TSSI, New Interpretation, etc.) I kept wanting Elson to return to her critique of Rubin and explain how her concept of determination could provide a better account of the relation of value to the distribution of labor, or structure of production, or price…. but I didn’t feel like she did this satisfactorily.

By: Working Definition of Capitalism « Praxis

Working Definition of Capitalism « Praxis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:31:39 +0000

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Roughtheory.org » The Matter with Form — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:58:12 +0000

[...] post also resonates with the recent discussion of Diane Elson’s work (here and here), in which I was exploring Elson’s take on the concept of “determination” in [...]

By: Roughtheory.org » Reflections on Elson’s “Value Theory of Labour”, part 1

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:51:14 +0000

[...] Diane Elson’s “The Value Theory of Labour” from her edited volume (1979) Value: The Representation of Labour in Capitalism. [...]