Question

what does marx mean abstract labor as "phantom- like objectivity" what that means

Answer 1

Mass described abstract human labour as Phantom-like objectivity in his analysis. By the word, 'phantom- like 'Marx meant ' 'homogenous'. His argument can be understood as follows.

* Marx speaks of abstract labour as a social substance possessing objectivity, but immediately called by this objectivity as' viral Phantom like 'rather than' thing like'.

* If we look at the products of abstract labour, we will see that, there is nothing left in them in each case but the same Phantom-like objectivity; they are merely congealed quantities of homogenous human labour.

*Exchange value can be reinterpreted on the basis of this since exchange value is a representation of human labour embodied in commodities.

Lets take a more simple approach to the concept, when you go to the supermarket you can find out the exchange value, but you can't see a measure of the human labour embodied in the commodities directly .lt is that embodiment of human labour that has a Phantom-like presence on the supermarket shelves.