Trabalho, riqueza e natureza humana: Marx e a crítica ao modo de produção capitalista

Abstract

In this article, we intend to demonstrate that, even thought Marx does not criticize the capitalist mode of production from a certain uncritical appreciation of labor, he sees as essential the substantive transformation of material production. An acritical compliment to work, and to productive work, before being a Marxian position, is that of authors like Smith and Locke. There is no Marxist criticism from the standpoint of the centrality of work. In this text, we will try to bring to light the Marxian understanding of the relation between work, wealth and human nature, differentiating the Marxian position from that of bourgeois thinkers. We will explain the Marxian defense of a multifaceted individuality and of universally developed individuals.