SOCI 3692 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Nature, General Idea, Class Consciousness
13 Nov 2017
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Not a commodity until it is bought and sold. Offering money for something such as a chair. The price of any good revolves around the amount of labour that goes into it. Labour that went into making the tools and raw material. Use money to buy cinnamon and then use the cinnamon to make a greater sum of money. Only realizing value when commodity is being sold on the market. Wages are less then the profit of the capitalist. Identify them selves as pursuing interests of working class. Significance of manuscript was that it showed a different marxism then the marx represented by parties in 1934. Essence of being human is the ability to humanize nature. Laborer recognises himself in the pieces he produces. In modern production the worker feels he has no stake in. In modern production the worker feels he has no stake in what he produces.
