chōu
xiàng
láo
dòng

technical
noun

Meaning of 抽象劳动

抽象劳动 means abstract labor; undifferentiated human labor stripped of concrete forms, forming the value of commodities in Marxist economics. Pronounced chōu xiàng láo dòng.

  • abstract labor; undifferentiated human labor stripped of concrete forms, forming the value of commodities in Marxist economics

Definitions & Examples

Zài
de
láo
dòng
jià
zhí
lùn
zhōng
 
chōu
xiàng
láo
dòng
shì
jià
zhí
de
wéi
yuán
quán
 

In Marx's labor theory of value, abstract labor is the sole source of value.

láo
dòng
chuàng
zào
shǐ使
yòng
jià
zhí
 
ér
chōu
xiàng
láo
dòng
chuàng
zào
jià
zhí
 

Concrete labor creates use-value, while abstract labor creates value.

Héng
liáng
chōu
xiàng
láo
dòng
liàng
de
chǐ
shì
láo
dòng
shí
jiān
 

The measure of the quantity of abstract labor is labor time.

Zài
shāng
pǐn
jīng
zhōng
 
rén
láo
dòng
tōng
guò
jiāo
huàn
zhuǎn
huà
wéi
shè
huì
láo
dòng
 
chōu
xiàng
láo
dòng
 

In a commodity economy, private labor must be transformed into social labor, i.e., abstract labor, through exchange.