Marx’s organic composition of capital extends to the organic composition of individuals

Evidence

At the same time, there was an increase in the organic composition of individuals themselvesthat is, the process that had begun by transforming labour-power into commodities was continuing as a growing reduction in the living proportion of subjects themselves in their dealings with things and people, both inside and outside the production process. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2313

Categorization

• DEFINE: Adorno and Horkheimer extend the technical Marxist term ‘organic composition of capital’ analogically to the composition of individuals themselves — a striking conceptual move worth keeping for reference.
• XREF: connects to: For Marx the commodity structures people’s actions, worldviews, and dispositions — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 782; Under capitalism the Aristotelian four causes must be refracted through class and commodity structure — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 752; Marx’s general intellect can empower capital’s appropriation of social life, not only liberate workers. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 794 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• For Marx the commodity structures people’s actions, worldviews, and dispositions #expands (0.85) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 782
• Under capitalism the Aristotelian four causes must be refracted through class and commodity structure #expands (0.78) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 752