In Marxist philosophy, commodity fetishism (German: Warenfetischismus) is a belief that social aspects of economic goods are inherent to them, rather than being expressions of social relations in which goods and their underlying labour are exchanged. Through commodity fetishism, social phenomena such as market value, wages and rent are reified (attributed to things, i.e.
In Marxist philosophy, commodity fetishism (German: Warenfetischismus) is a belief that social aspects of economic goods are inherent to them, rather than being expressions of social relations in which goods and their underlying labour are exchanged. Through commodity fetishism, social phenomena such as market value, wages and rent are reified (attributed to things, i.e.
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