Farewell to the Working Class
An Essay on Post-Industrial Socialism
Gorz, Andre
Publisher: Pluto Press, London, United Kingdom
Year First Published: {12145 Farewell to the Working Class FAREWELL TO THE WORKING CLASS An Essay on Post-Industrial Socialism Gorz, Andre Pluto Press London United Kingdom Gorz argues that changes in science and technology have broken the power of industrial workers, especially skilled workers, and that, as a result, they are no longer central to the socialist project. 1980 1982 152pp BC12145s-FarewellClass.jpg B Book 0-86104-364-2 335.9 -
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<br>Table of Contents
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<br>Preface: Nine Theses for a Future Left
<br>Introduction
<br>1. The Working Class According to Saint Marx
<br>2. The Myth of Collective Appropriation
<br>3. The Proletariat as Replica of Capital
<br>4. Workers' Power?
<br>5. Personal Power and Functional Power
<br>6. A New Historical Subject: The Non-Class of Post-Industrial Proletarians
<br>7. The Post-Industrial Revolution
<br>8. Towards a Dual Society
<br>9. The Sphere of Necessity: The State
<br>Postscript: Destructive Growth and Productive Shrinking
<br>Appendix 1. Towards a Policy of Time
<br>Appendix 2. Utopia for a Possible Dual Society CX6285 1 false true false CX6285.htm [0xc0003db560 0xc00018f950 0xc000f1fa40 0xc000f4e1b0 0xc000f4fe90 0xc00179b0e0 0xc0022ae5d0 0xc002a137d0] Cx}
Year Published: 1982
Pages: 152pp ISBN: 0-86104-364-2
Dewey: 335.9
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6285
Gorz argues that changes in science and technology have broken the power of industrial workers, especially skilled workers, and that, as a result, they are no longer central to the socialist project.
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Table of Contents
Preface: Nine Theses for a Future Left
Introduction
1. The Working Class According to Saint Marx
2. The Myth of Collective Appropriation
3. The Proletariat as Replica 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
Postscript: Destructive Growth and Productive Shrinking
Appendix 1. Towards a Policy of Time
Appendix 2. Utopia for a Possible Dual Society
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