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

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

2003-11-05 Thread Devine, James
-Original Message- > From: Matías Scaglione [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PEN-L] Marx "abstraction" [was Query: critique of production > functions -clarification-] > > > Dear

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

2003-11-05 Thread Mario José de Lima
atías Scaglione" <[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

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 > a