The Post-Industrial, Post-Modern Theory of Value and Surplus-Value (Deconstructing the Marxist Fetishism of value) | Page 4

creative-power produces values of all sorts and types that are not necessarily capable of being scientifically quantified . Creative-power produces general-value . General-value , i . e . value in general , is both quantifiable and unquantifiable , scientific and non-scientific etc . It can be an admixture of the two categories and / or be a specifically one or the other . Finally , in addition , creative-power can be instantaneous , it can be social , meaning that it can be sparked through conversation , dialogue , quiet reflection , writing , thinking etc . Creative-power can come from anywhere within a society , any sector or stratum , as a result , it does not necessarily conform to the rigors of socially necessary labor-time specific to a production process etc .
Notwithstanding , in general , and by proxy through labor-power , creative-power produces both quantifiable and unquantifiable value , both value that can be scientifically measures , like Marx argues , and value that cannot be scientifically measured , but nonetheless at times and in certain spaces has substantial influence on the capitalist processes of production , consumption and distribution in a variety of ways , both direct and indirect . General-value is the product of the creative-power that emanates from an insatiable drive for ownership / knowledge , it can be anything from aesthetic-value , color-value , moralvalue , emotional-value , cultural-value and / or financial quantifiable value etc . As a result , contrary to Marx , general-value does not necessarily equate to exact measurable units of labor-time , i . e . generalvalue in essence is invaluable and priceless . It is only the Marxist ideational-comprehensive framework and / or the modern capitalist ideational-comprehensive-framework that favors and acknowledges exclusively scientific quantifiable value , derived from labor-power subjected to the parameters of socially necessary labor-time , as the sole designation and definition of value . It is only these two frameworks “ that reduce the multiplicity of [ values and ] surplus values to the narrow confines of financial quantifiable capital , i . e . monetary gain and capital / money accumulation par excellence and nothing else ”[ 13 ].
In actuality , value and labor-power are much more multi-varied , fluctuating , and malleable forces than Marx ’ s initial analysis conceives . In fact , creative-power and general-value , which embody quantifiable value and labor-power within themselves , influence capitalist processes in a variety of unquantifiable ways that exceed Marx ’ s strict scientific / rational analysis . By and large , creative-power is a broader understanding of labor-power , and general-value is a broader understanding of scientifically quantifiable value . In fact , creative-power and general-value infiltrate and permeate all areas of capitalist production , consumption and distribution , both destabilizing and intensifying capitalist processes and capitalism , in general :
The Creative-Power / General-Value Model :
Creative-Power � General-Value
Labor-Power
Quantifiable
Value
This model outlines the notion that creative-power has a hand in both producing general-value and , more specifically , scientific quantifiable value . Although , creative-power is not acknowledged within Marx ’ s rational labor theory of value , i . e . the law of value , and is in fact dismissed as unproductive , creativepower , nonetheless influences the capitalist modes of production , consumption and distribution , so much so that creative-power is in fact the source of both general-value and scientific quantifiable value . It has a hand in all value , price , profit and wage determinations . Creative-power impacts all the capitalist processes of production , consumption and distribution , both in quantitative manners and non-quantitative