I wrote:
>>but real vs. formal subjection of labor was defined or at least mentioned
>>in the text of the shorter version of CAPITAL, in chapter 16. It
>>corresponds roughly (or exactly?) to the distinction between absolute and
>>relative surplus-value extraction.
Yoshie asks:
>What's the German word that is usually translated as "subsumption"?
According to the Penguin/Vintage translator (Ben Fowkes), it's "Subsumtion."
I don't know German, but in my college dictionary, "subsumption" means "the
act or process of subsuming," where "subsume" refers to "to include or
place within something larger or more comprehensive; [to] encompass as a
subordinate or component element."
While this has a nice dialectical flavor, it can lose Marx's political
emphasis, allowing academics to escape into excessively formal debates.
That's why I like the International Publishers' translation of the term as
"subjection."
BTW, the IP edition also seems to be less fragile. The Penguin/Vintage
edition falls apart pretty quickly. Is there a hardback edition of the latter?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
