"Labor"is a fundamental concept in Marx's work,and the connotation of this concept is often equated with"general labor".In discussions of Marx's analysis of the"labor process"in Chapter Four of Capital,people often interpret it based on the notion of"general labor,"but this interpretation leads to a series of theoretical difficulties.However,if we understand this issue from the perspective of formal analysis in Marx's critique of political economy,we can see that Marx's analysis of the"labor process"does not provide a concept of labor in the sense of"general labor,"but rather offers a historical context for labor that intervenes in the critique of capitalism.