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'What is Orthodox Marxism?'
Natural science distills phenomena into their quantitative essences. Capitalism, due to its process of abstraction (i.e. abstract labour, which is quantitatively measured by time), seems to be perfect for quantitative analysis. But abstraction forgoes that capitalism is historical and needs particular, useful human labour. Dialectics re-inserts history.
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Natural science distills phenomena into their quantitative essences. Capitalism, due to its process of abstraction (i.e. abstract labour, which is quantitatively measured by time), seems to be perfect for quantitative analysis. But abstraction forgoes that capitalism is historical and needs particular, useful human labour. Dialectics re-inserts history.
