Value is Simple. Valuation is Complex
Value is Simple. Valuation is Complex
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价值很简单。
DOI：
10.1080/10455752.2016.1273962
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发表时间：
2017
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通讯作者：
Morgan M. Robertson
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作者：
Patrick Bigger;Morgan M. Robertson
抽象价值可能看起来如此复杂，以至于它不仅是一个可怕的话题，而且实际上是徒劳的追求。也就是说，价值的概念要么是死胡同，要么最好留给专家。我们不同意。在最一般的层面上，拥有价值可以被理解为具有被衡量和与另一事物(或标准)进行比较的能力。这与马克思的概念(特别参考资本主义的价值形式加以阐述)是一致的，但它也足够简单和普遍，为在任何可以想象的背景下讨论价值和测量的作用提供了一个可移植的框架，无论是讨论唯心主义、集体行动、经济数据还是物理科学。马克思在《资本论》的第一页就把我们的注意力引向了衡量制度的政治构成，现在在地理学和科学技术研究中，有大量关于评估制度的社会构成的工作。我们认为，一个关键的话题需要一种通俗易懂的方法，揭示统一性而不是障碍，从而用马克思的价值理论使之成为可能的道德和批判性政治经济批评来补充它们。
ABSTRACT Value can appear so complicated that it is not only a terribly intimidating topic, but actually fruitless to pursue. That is, the concept of value is either a dead end or best left to the experts. We disagree. At the most general level, having value can be understood as having the capacity to be measured and compared against another thing (or a standard). This is consistent with Marxian concepts (which are elaborated with special reference to the capitalist value form), but it is also simple and general enough to provide a transportable frame for discussing the role of value and measurement in any context imaginable, whether it be a discussion of spiritualism, collective action, economic data, or physical science. Marx directs our attention to the political constitution of systems of measure on the very first page of Capital, and there is now a great deal of work in geography and in science and technology studies on the social constitution of systems of valuation. We believe a crucial topic deserves an accessible approach that reveals unities rather than barriers, and thus supplement them with the moral and critical political-economic critique made possible by Marxian value theory.