Exploitation: A Dialectical Anarchist Perspective

?[O]ne may understandably be suspicious of the concept of exploitation; the word is often employed as no more than a term of abuse, and when it is given more substantive content, it is often within the context of a theory or set of assumptions that ought to be rejected in any case. In addition, in a statist social context in which the mere identification of a possible social problem seems to be taken as strong prima facie warrant for state intervention, it is understandable that libertarians will look askance at certain claims of exploitation.,,What is needed is a working definition of exploitation that is both theoretically suggestive?it is not too vague to do theoretical work?and avoids begging crucial questions.?