So stellt sich der Lichteindruck eines Dings auf den Sehnerv nicht als subjektiver Reiz des Sehnervs selbst, sondern als gegenständliche Form eines Dings außerhalb des Auges dar. Aber beim Sehen wird wirklich Licht von einem Ding, dem äußeren Gegenstand, auf ein andres Ding, das Auge, geworfen.
Has anyone else been struck by how terribly awful this analogy is for Marx’s purposes? Was it edited out of later versions, or added in? I cannot tell, but it is definitely not there in the Otto Rühle edition.
Marx appears to be suggesting that there is a direct relationship between objects and eyes, without any social or psychological mediation; and that the active role played by social actors in seeing is akin to the active role aggregate duration plays in the determination of value. That is to say, he appears to be suggesting that, just as aggregate value distorts the objective values of commodities, so . . . in a world governed by (Stalinist) science, objective seeing is realized?
The analogy does not even support Marx’s argument, which is why it was edited out of the Rühle edition?
Help.