Marx's value theory and subjectivity

A Critical Study of the Theory of the Subjectivity of Moral Values With Reference to Mackay's Theory

According to mackay, values in general and ethical values in particular are subjective in nature. That is, they have no foundation independent of mans wishes and subjective human inelinations.  According to his definition of subjectivism, values have no foundation, but the basis of values are not independent of manchr('39')s desires. He offers two arguments for his theory. One is based on the r...

Revisiting Marx's Value Theory: A Critical Response to Analyses of Digital Prosumption

The Development Of

THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARX'S THEORY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS-VALUE Marx's theory of the production and distribution of surplus-value is based on a fundamental methodological premise, which has not been sufficiently recognized: that the total amount of surplus-value is determined prior to and independent of the division of this total amount into individual parts. The individual parts of surpl...

Karl Marx on the transition from feudalism to capitalism

Studies of Marx's theory of history are complicated by the fact that Marx himself never provided a systematic treatment of its central principles. As a result, the task of elaborating historical materialism has fallen to Marx's interpreters, who are required to distill its tenets from Marx's historical writings and from general statements in which he summarized his historical method. Within the...

Reification: a Marxist Perspective

The concept of reification is used by Marx to describe a form of social consciousness in which human relations come to be identified with the physical properties of things, thereby acquiring an appearance of naturalness and inevitability. This essay presents a systematic reconstruction of Marx's theory of reification, with an emphasis on the social-structural dimensions of the concept. This rec...