THE MARXIAN CRITIQUE OF LABOR IN CAPITALISM _________ A NEGATIVE CRITIQUE _____________ =========================================. A Positive Critique ___ which criticizes what exist on the basis of what also exists___ points ultimately to another variation of the existent capitalist social formation. We shall see how the Marxian Critique of Labor in Capitalism provides the basis for A Negative Critique ____ one that criticizes what is on the basis what could be __ which points to the Possibility of another social formation. In this sense ( and only in this non_sociologically reductive sense ) the difference between the two forms of social critique is that between * a bourgeois critique of society, and * a critique of bourgeois society . From the viewpoint of the Critique of Specificity of Labor in Capitalism, the Critique From the Standpoint of Labor implies a vision of Socialism which entails the realization of the Essence of Capitalist Society. ....... For Marx the abolition of capital ( as a mode of production process ) is the necessary precondition for the dignity of labor, for only then could another structure of social labor, another relation of work and recreation, and other forms of individual labor become socially general. The traditional position accords dignity to labor that is fragmented and alienated.... Whereas for Marx the historical overcoming of the Mere Worker is a precondition for the realization of the Full Human Being , the implication of the traditional position is that the Full Human Being is to be realized as the Mere Worker (Extracts) ----------------------------- Please See Original Source Free Downloadable BOOK :TIME , LABOR AND SOCIAL DOMINATION (Ed . 2003) By: MOISHE POSTONE
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