Keywords
capital
workers
reading
theory
politics
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Abstract
The aim of this article is to present Marx’s assumptions consequences both for the politics and the theory. The relevance of the assumption of a constant standard of workers’ necessities. To fill in the gaps of Marx’s theory and to argue the assumptions’ non-neutrality, the author proposes his own factor – factor x which represents the degree of separation among workers. This factor constitutes a basis for a new reading of Capital. This article is a translation of the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture, which was delivered on the occasion of receiving the 2004 Deutscher Prize.References
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