With the distinction between formal and real Subsumtion the work under the capital Karl Marx in its criticism of the political economics refers to the fact that the concrete working process is sequentially changed by the capital relationship. Meant formal Subsumtion that first under the capital relationship not taking place work activities are subordinated to this, without changing however the activity substantially. With the historical genesis of the capitalistic economics for example means of production the producers were expropriated and these became hired hands. The concrete work activity remained briefly substantially unchanged. Constructing on the formal the real Subsumtion begins. This changes the work activity and means of production in such a way that they are used accordingly the utilization principles of the capital at the best one. The real Subsumtion is intended after Marx particularly by the production of a relative increase in value, which remains as far as possible unaffected by the national delimitation of the working day. The real Subsumtion entails a disciplining process of the work, with which effect that "“the regularity, regularity, order, continuity and energy of the work wonderfully increase"” become (Marx, the capital I, in: MEW Bd. 23, 1986, P. 433). The formal and the real Subsumtion remain limited however not to the historical genesis of the capitalistic economics, but represent rather an outlasting characteristic of capitalistic production way. The formal Subsumtion becomes everywhere visible, where fields of activity in the society, which function to this independently of the capital relationship are incorporated. The real Subsumtion remains limited however not to again integrated fields of activity, but represents one, by relative increase in value production for intended, sequential change process of all summarized fields of work. Marx determines: "“The production of the relative increase in value thoroughly revolutionizes the technical processes of the work and the social groupings"” (Marx, the capital I, in: MEW Bd. 23, 1986, S. 532f.).

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