Comments on: Reflections on Elson’s “Value Theory of Labour”, part 1

By: N Pepperell

N Pepperell — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:48:50 +0000

The Elson piece above is actually (comparatively) brief – it’s a chapter in a collection. I don’t own the book it’s in, but I’m happy to scan and mail it to you – it will probably take a few weeks, though, as I’m not in range of the relevant library right now.

By: kapitalism101

kapitalism101 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:43:15 +0000

Hello. Thanks for the post on Elson. I have been wanting to read this Elson work but it is out of print. I think some noble soul needs to scan it into their computer and liberate it by posting it on onebigtorrent or scribd or their own site….. know anyone who might be able to do this?

By: Working Definition of Capitalism « Praxis

Working Definition of Capitalism « Praxis — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:30:18 +0000

[...] stuff is… erm… in dialogue with Rough Theory. NP has a couple posts about Diane Elson’s essay here, for [...]

By: Roughtheory.org » Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1: A Way of Visualising Abstract Labour and Value

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:34:49 +0000

[...] I find it useful to think about abstract labour in terms of sets and subsets, each enacted in collective practice. [...]

By: Roughtheory.org » Reflections on Elson’s “Value Theory of Labour”, part 2

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:20:07 +0000

[...] I summarise the second half of Elson’s argument, of which I’m much more critical than I was of the first. I focus particularly on the notion of a real abstraction [...]