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From Classic Labor to the Labor of the "General Intellect": The Impact of the Digital Intelligence Era on Socialist Labor Theory.

The article focuses on Marxist labor theory as the foundation of historical materialism and surplus value analysis in understanding how capitalist production operates and develops. Topics include the essential nature of labor as a human–nature "metabolism," the dual character of labor in Marxist the...

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Published in:Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine Vol. 77; no. 11; pp. 46 - 63
Main Author: LI, TE
Format: Article
Published: Monthly Review Foundation Apr2026
Subjects:
Labor theory of value
Historical materialism
Labor process
Intellect
Capitalism
Digital technology
Surplus (Economics)
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