A Deadly Leap: Marx and the Poetics of the Market (19th-21st Centuries)

A Deadly Leap: Marx and the Poetics of the Market (19th-21st Centuries)

The concept of "leap of life" presented by Marx in "Capitalism" is a symbolic expression of the uncertainty inherent in the buying and selling of commodities and the tension experienced by producers in the marketplace. Commodities have no value at the moment of production, and their value is determined only when they are accepted by the "other," which is money. Marx described this metaphorical structure by comparing it to "love," drawing on Shakespeare's "A Summer Night's Dream. This instability experienced by nineteenth-century artisans and merchants is also common to today's freelancers and platform workers, This sense of "leapfrogging" continues to this day. Marx's ideas are not limited to economic theory, but also resonate today as literary and emotional insights.