Marx’s productivity concept exceeds mere material production.

Evidence

I would say that the question of understanding Marx first begins where this curious refraction re-emerges. It is however evident that behind the Marxian concept of productivity, there is a notion which does in fact go far beyond the concept of mere material production. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1327

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Progress toward increased production is itself a bourgeois prejudice; Productive labour in Marx means work done on natural, non-conscious material — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1312; Society, through the division of labour, produces more than the sum of its parts. (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Marx treats culture as a productive force materialized in labor and language #exemplifies (0.80)
• Society, through the division of labour, produces more than the sum of its parts. #expands (0.78)
• Society exceeds its individual parts through collective labor and division of functions #expands (0.78)
• Capitalism simultaneously destroys and expands human potential #expands (0.72) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 639