http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2005/10/23/is-up-with-the-insistence-on-the-new/ A working notebook Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2005/10/23/is-up-with-the-insistence-on-the-new/#comment-410 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:03:42 +0000 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2005/10/23/is-up-with-the-insistence-on-the-new/#comment-410 Addendum. Right, one mistake immediately in the first paragraph: Hardt and Negri don't claim reproductive labor was not productive of value before the present era. It's implied and entailed by their arguments, and I think much of their claims about the special novelty of the future would fall apart if they said outright that reproductive labor was always-already value productive under capitalism, but they never actually make a claim of this sort about reproductive labor. It'd be easier and less irritating if they did, in a way. Addendum.
Right, one mistake immediately in the first paragraph:
Hardt and Negri don’t claim reproductive labor was not productive of value before the present era. It’s implied and entailed by their arguments, and I think much of their claims about the special novelty of the future would fall apart if they said outright that reproductive labor was always-already value productive under capitalism, but they never actually make a claim of this sort about reproductive labor. It’d be easier and less irritating if they did, in a way.

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