Abstract

The problematization of use-value is considered by Marx from its subordination to exchange-value, since the realization of economic value is the determinant for the capitalist mode of production. In this respect, Marx does not give a critique of the natural form of commodity. However, Echeverría returns to use-value as an important part of the critique of political economy and as a real and symbolic expression of a given society. From this approach, focus will not be on the object-commodity but on the subject, whose social code gives meaning to economic relationships. This paper is aimed at conceptually analyzing Echeverría’s theoretical argument beginning with Marx’ characterization of commodity.

Keywords: abstract form; agreement; social code; concrete form