Abstract labour and concrete labour
Distinction made by Karl Marx / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abstract labour and concrete labour refer to a distinction made by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy. It refers to the difference between human labour in general as economically valuable worktime versus human labour as a particular activity that has a specific useful effect within the (capitalist) mode of production.