I differ here with both BodyS and Hugh Rodwell. I think Marx applied the term fetishism to denote the singularity that in capitalist societies the commodity form of our mutual objects converts them to fetishes that provide the recognition of social relations in the imaginary form through concealing the reality whenever we exchange our products we equate the different kind of labor expended in production. As a result, the real relations of production is disavowed and at the same time accepted but through fetishism in an illusory fashion.
Mehmet Çagatay http://weblogmca.blogspot.com/ --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Charles Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Charles Brown <[email protected]> > Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Feitshization -things vs relations > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 8:19 PM > Fetishization -- things vs relations > Hugh Rodwell m-14970 at mailbox.swipnet.se > Fri Sep 25 01:20:38 MDT 1998 > > Previous message: M-TH: Money for Old Tropes > Next message: M-TH: Money for Old Tropes > Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ > author ] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > BodyS writes: > > > Fetishizing, it seems to me, is the transformation of > the thing > >into a social entity. > > The problem is that Marx's view is the exact opposite. > For him, > fetishization is the transformation of a social relation of > power into a > thing -- for instance, the car is assigned the status that > comes with the > power over others expressed by the owner's ability to > dispose over social > value, or money is seen as a source of wealth rather than > an expression of > power over the labour of others embodied in a product of > labour. > > Cheers, > > Hugh > > > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl > plc. www.surfcontrol.com > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > [email protected] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
