Age
Children and elderly persons are both largely, but not entirely, excluded from productive labor. This was not the case as recently as
Tag: productive relations
Capital
(generally) Anything which is used to procure or extract surplus value. Capital is not a static definition, but rather constitutes an economic
Capitalism
A mode of production in which the private ownership of the means of production predominates, and under which the only logic of
Capitalist
Another word for an “owner,” that is, a member of the bourgeoisie; i.e., someone who owns capital but does not support themselves
Disability
In its social sense, “ability” describes a person’s capacity for labor, relative to the social average. This social average makes up the
Gender
Gender, in the abstract, is the class-ordered division of labor and property. Patriarchy is the logic of gender that forms the basis
Nation
Nation is a political-economic category. A nation is a historically constituted, stable community that is formed on the basis of: a
Relations of production
(see also, means of production) Classes are made of complexes or networks of productive and property relations. The raw material of