The Life put at Work: Towards a Theory of the Life-Value. The case of the Affect Value - Starting from the recognition that only a "labor theory of value" is able to provide a measure of the value of the surplus, this essay poses the question of how the labor theory of value must dynamically adjust to the capitalist system and the succession of different modes of accumulation. Within the transition from industrial-Fordist to "bio-capitalism," the authors hypothesize the raise of a specific form of value creation: the one linked to the concept of affective labor.

Andrea Fumagalli, Cristina Morini, in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 115/2009, pp. 94-116, DOI:10.3280/SL2009-115005