A Faint Rattling
A Research Note on Marx’s Theory of Value
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7737448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark P Worrell (SUNY Cortland, New York, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 887-892 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920509343088 |
| OpenAlex | W1966705650 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Harvey makes two notable errors: on the one hand, he misrepresents the structure of Marx’s value concept and, secondly, he misconstrues the specific, synthetic-transformative function of the exchange relation itself (note the phrase ‘passed on’ as if value may have already ‘been there’ and may even persist somehow in a post-exchange ‘afterlife’) such that value is hypostatized. Additionally, as we will see later, Harvey also misplaces the price concept as a social representation of value. The above problems are worth considering, if only briefly, because when we examine the standard interpretations of Marx we find that Harvey is far from alone in spinning this familiar yarn and the consequence of doing so is the difference between ‘social science’ and critical sociology
Afterlife · Economics · Epistemology · Historicism · Linguistics · Neoclassical economics · Phrase · Positive economics · Sociology · Transformative learning · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |