Trabalho abstrato e teoria marxista do valor

Ozileia Cardoso da Silva; Henrique André Ramos Wellen

doi:10.1590/1982-0259.2025.e107329

Abstract labour and Marxist theory of value

Authors

Ozileia Cardoso da Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8572-2877
Henrique André Ramos Wellen Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4787-5918

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0259.2025.e107329

Keywords:

political economy, abstract labour, value theory, Karl Marx, Isaak Rubin

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present some elements of the category of abstract labour within Karl Marx’s economic analysis in Capital, based on the critical analysis developed by Isaak Rubin in his work Marxist Theory of Value. As a result, it is highlighted that one of the great merits of the Russian author's work was to present the main mediations that substantiate the determination of this category based on the validity of value within capitalism. It is emphasized that Marx’s analysis of the category of abstract labour reflected a significant advance for the German author in relation to political economy, as well as serving to understand the specific form of exploitation within capitalism.

Author Biographies

Ozileia Cardoso da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil

Assistente Social, Mestre em Serviço Social e Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Serviço Social (PPGSS).

Henrique André Ramos Wellen, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil

Doutor em Serviço Social. Pós-Doutor em Teoria Política e Professor associado do Departamento de Serviço Social, atuando na graduação e pós-graduação em Serviço Social.

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MARX, K. Economic and philosophic manuscripts of 1844. (2010c). In: MARX, K.; Engels, F. Collected Works. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2010a. v. 3. (Karl Marx, March 1843–August 1844).

MARX, K. Marginal notes on Adolph Wagner's “Lehrbuch der Politischen Oekonomie”. In: MARX, K.; ENGELS, F. Collected Works. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2010b. v. 24. (Marx and Engels, 1874–1883)

MARX, K. Marx to Engels. 24 August 1867 (Letter). In: MARX, K.; ENGELS, F. Collected Works. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2010c. v. 42. (Letters, 1864–1868)

MARX, K. Capital: a critique of political economy. Book I: The process of production of capital. In: MARX, K.; ENGELS, F. Collected Works. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2010d. v. 35. (Karl Marx, Capital Volume I)

RUBIN, I. I. A Teoria Marxista do Valor. Tradução de José Bonifácio de S. Amaral Filho; prefácio de Luiz Gonzaga de Mello Belluzzo. São Paulo: Polis, 1978.

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2026-01-06

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2025): Edição em fluxo contínuo

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