labour

labour
In most sociological contexts this term is synonymous with wage-labour. However, in Marxism attention is often drawn to the conflicting interests of ‘Labour’ and ‘Capital’. The former is here a reference to the proletariat, and alludes to the theory of the exploitation of labour-power by the capitalist class, or bourgeoisie. Occasionally, as for example in anthropological discussion of ‘labouring’ or sociological analyses of domestic labour, the term may be equated with work rather than the more restricted category of paid employment.

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