Commodity Fetishism

Commodity fetishism is among Marx’s most constantly lasting ideas, and it is astoundingly accessible. Marx hypothesizes fetishism of commodities as a condition in which the production process is no longer perceived as a social endeavor but as an unpretentious exchange of commodities and money. at a cursory glance, this concept conveys an understanding and perception of commodities, which entails that they are almost ephemeral and inaccessible. He contends that once raw materials, through specific production processes, their nature changes in a fundamental manner, and subsequently become commodities. Marx demonstrates that commodities take an almost spiritual or mystical essence that completely surpasses or transcends their specified user-oriented or use-value (Sammells, 2019). The fetishistic characteristic of a product or a commodity is a direct production outcome wherein people believe commodities are economically worthy of something outside of their unswerving or direct usefulness or utility. Therefore, commodities themselves commence having a kind of active life in the community