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Labour: Labor in political philosophy is the human exertion of physical or mental effort, typically in production or service. It is a central concept in Marxism, liberalism, and feminism. See also Marxism, Feminism, Liberalism, Value theory, Division of Labour, Income, Justice, Inequalities.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Karl Marx on Labour - Dictionary of Arguments

Habermas IV 493
Labour/Marx: Def abstract labour/Marx: the monetized labour, appropriated as commodity, alienated from the life context of the producer. It is indifferent to the (...) object of use, to the need it satisfies,
Habermas IV 494
against the special nature of the activity and towards the working individual.(1)
>Commodity
, >Money, >Production relations, >Goods.

1. G Lohmann, Gesellschaftskritik und normativer Maßstab, in: A Honneth, U. Jaeggi (ed.), Arbeit, Handlung, Normativität, Frankfurt 1980, S. 270-272.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Marx I
Karl Marx
Das Kapital, Kritik der politische Ökonomie Berlin 1957

Ha I
J. Habermas
Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988

Ha III
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981

Ha IV
Jürgen Habermas
Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981


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