Abstract
According to the marxian conception, capital represents a social mechanism that organizes and structures social relations characterised by domination and exploitation and it is defined as the social property which values adopt - objectified in money, productive forces or final products - when immersed in an appreciation process. This is a conversion process into capital which we call capitalization process. Traditional Marxism has tended to reduce the conditions of this process to the division between the owners of the means of production and the owners of their own labour power. However, there might be some other conditions that make it possible such as certain 'luxury wage-earners', namely executives, highly qualified technicians, sportsmen and sportswomen of high level and prominent figures in show business who would be capitalizing their own labour power. We will try out a broader definition of the concept capital based on this and other kind of situations.
Highlights
According to the marxian conception, capital represents a social mechanism that organizes and structures social relations characterised by domination and exploitation and it is defined as the social property which values adopt - objectified in money, productive forces or final products - when immersed in an appreciation process
We will try out a broader definition of the concept capital based on this and other kind of situations
La razón de que se acceda a la una o a la otra depende, claro está, de la correlación de fuerzas existente, es decir, del grado de poder social detentado por cada una de las partes implicadas en el proceso productivo
Summary
Cuando uno contempla la moderna sociedad capitalista se encuentra con una realidad ciertamente compleja y a menudo desconcertante. Tal articulación nos ayudará a entender mejor una gran variedad de hechos diferentes, tales como ciertas estratificaciones entre los propios asalariados sobre la base de sus identidades étnicas, de género y demás y que influyen de un modo notorio en la segmentación del mercado de trabajo (cf Castien Maestro, 2009). Pero por más valioso y fecundo que sea el planteamiento de este autor, nos parece que ha trabajado con un concepto de capital demasiado laxo, equivalente a una mera riqueza de la que se saca partido y no a una entidad social capaz de incrementar la magnitud de su poder al activar unas específicas dinámicas colectivas. Así, de un campo de fenómenos mucho más restringido, pero, a cambio, esperamos hacerlo con un instrumental analítico bastante más preciso
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