PRAXIS, USE VALUE AND FREE TIME: CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARXISM OF LIBERATION

Abstract

This paper will try to propose a brief theoretical approximation
to what we call ‘Marxism of liberation’. That is, a Marxism which would try
to achieve its natural objective, the one for which it was conceived: the
fulfillment of freedom. To do that, we claim that although in Marx’s works
there is not any complete theory of liberation, there are some categories
useful to deal with this issue. Here we want to recover three central categories
that Marx established: praxis, use value and free time. We also defend the
importance of these concepts and the necessity of re-reading and combine
them in order to create political alternatives.