Farewell to the working class : an essay on post-industrial socialism / André Gorz ; translated by Michael Sonenscher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorz, André.

Standardized Title:

Adieux au prolétariat. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Capitalism.

Proletariat.

Physical Description:

152 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [1982]

Summary:

AndrC) Gorz argues that changes in the role of the work and labor process in the closing decades of the twentieth century have, once and for all, weakened the power of skilled industrial workers. Their place has been taken, says Gorz, by social movements such as the women's movement and the green movement, and all those who refuse to accept the work ethic so fundamental to early capitalist societies. Provocative and heretical, "Farewell to the Working Class" is a classic study of labor and unemployment in the post industrial world.AndrC) Gorz is one of Europe's leading thinkers on politics. He is the author of several books, including Ecology as Politics and Paths to Paradise.

Contents:

1 The working class according to saint marx

2 The myth of collective appropriation

3 The proletariat as republica of capital

4 Workers' power

5 Personal Power and functional power

6 A new historical subject: the non-class of post-industrial proletarians

7 The post-industrial revolution

8 Towards a dual society

9 The sphere of necessity: the state.

Notes:

Translation of: Adieux au prolétariat.

ISBN:

0861043642

OCLC:

9243546