Abstracts
Abstract
The Marxian concept of value is a cultural and hence a semiotic concept, rather than economic. Based on a scrutiny of Marx’s writings, this article proposes that Marx’s analysis of the commodity can and should also be interpreted as a semiotic treatise. This insight may also be relevant to contemporary Marxian investigations concerning labour and value in capitalism insofar as the notion of value of commodities is concerned. Whereas the literature on the crisis of value theories has focused primarily on the relationship between use value and exchange-value (and abstract labour), the present paper focuses on the aspect of the sign value of commodities in Marx’s theory and on how the notion of value represents of human labour.
Keywords:
- Value,
- Use Value,
- Surplus Value,
- Semiotic Labour,
- Marx
Résumé
Le concept marxien de valeur est un concept culturel et donc sémiotique, plutôt qu’économique. Sur la base d’un examen des écrits de Marx, cet article propose que l’analyse marxienne de la marchandise puisse et doive également être interprétée comme un traité sémiotique. Cette idée peut également être pertinente pour les recherches marxiennes contemporaines sur le travail et la valeur dans le capitalisme dans la mesure où la notion de valeur des marchandises est concernée. Alors que la littérature sur la crise des théories de la valeur s’est concentrée principalement sur la relation entre la valeur d’usage et la valeur d’échange (et le travail abstrait), le présent article se concentre sur l’aspect de la valeur-signe des marchandises dans la théorie de Marx et sur la façon dont la notion de représente la valeur du travail humain.
Mots-clés :
- Valeur,
- valeur d’usage,
- plus-value,
- travail sémiotique,
- Marx
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