Marx,+Karl.++Capital.+Vol.+1

** Marx, Karl. Capital. Vol. 1 . Trans. Ben Fowkes. New York: Vintage Books, 1977. **
 Major terms: Use value (the extent to which something is useful--the use value of 12 feet of yarn is the warmth of the sweaters I could make from it) Exchange value (the amount something could be exchanged for--the exchange value of 12 feet of yarn may be 5 lbs. of potatoes) surplus labor (the labor above and beyond what it takes to subsist) alienation (the separation of a person from their humanity via taking away the full use and potential of their human faculties--ie forcing someone to do the same job over and over on the factory floor rather than solving actual problems or creating things) exploitation (the use of abuse of a worker's surplus capital) class consciousness (understanding oneself as a part of a larger class, necessary for mobilization of the oppressed workers).