
Class 05 - Chapters 7-9
Reading Marx's Capital (audio)
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Understanding Labor Power in Capitalism
The chapter explores Marx's method of representing the buying and selling of labor power as a commodity, emphasizing the establishment of a class relation between capital and labor. It delves into the organic growth of argument in understanding capitalism, focusing on the interconnectedness of individual and societal transformations with nature. Marx's viewpoint on human labor, species being, and the transformative power of human actions on nature is discussed, highlighting the evolving relationship between humanity and nature in the capitalist era.
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