Re: Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-]

2003-11-06 Thread Matías Scaglione
Dear James: --- Devine, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: I agree: Marx was deliberately abstracting in a way that (he thought) reflected the actual process under capitalism. In my very short précis, I was only summarizing one part of his approach and its actual application. I was in no way

Re: Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-]

2003-11-05 Thread Mario José de Lima
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-] Dear James: On Marx's use of abstraction in Capital I you wrote: In order to understand capitalist production in volume I, he

Re: Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-]

2003-11-05 Thread Devine, James
] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-] Dear James: On Marx's use of abstraction in Capital I you wrote: In order to understand capitalist production in volume I, he

Marx abstraction [was Query: critique of production functions -clarification-]

2003-11-04 Thread Matías Scaglione
Dear James: On Marx's use of abstraction in Capital I you wrote: In order to understand capitalist production in volume I, he deliberately and clearly abstracts from the differences among heterogeneous use-values, types of labor-power, and means of production. He uses the acid of