Book contents
- The Marx Revival
- The Marx Revival
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Capitalism
- 2 Communism
- 3 Democracy
- 4 Proletariat
- 5 Class Struggle
- 6 Political Organization
- 7 Revolution
- 8 Work
- 9 Capital and Temporality
- 10 Ecology
- 11 Gender Equality
- 12 Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 13 Migration
- 14 Colonialism
- 15 State
- 16 Globalization
- 17 War and International Relations
- 18 Religion
- 19 Education
- 20 Art
- 21 Technology and Science
- 22 Marxisms
- Index
- References
8 - Work
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Book contents
- The Marx Revival
- The Marx Revival
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Capitalism
- 2 Communism
- 3 Democracy
- 4 Proletariat
- 5 Class Struggle
- 6 Political Organization
- 7 Revolution
- 8 Work
- 9 Capital and Temporality
- 10 Ecology
- 11 Gender Equality
- 12 Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 13 Migration
- 14 Colonialism
- 15 State
- 16 Globalization
- 17 War and International Relations
- 18 Religion
- 19 Education
- 20 Art
- 21 Technology and Science
- 22 Marxisms
- Index
- References
Summary
When Karl Marx drafted his first dialectical critique, he offered an introductory presentation of work. He here presented work as a category centrally important to the process of producing and reproducing social life. As he moved forwards both in his critique of idealism and in his first critical studies of political economy, Marx took an important step in formulating his conception of work. He observed that private property, standing in opposition to free human development, created the conditions for an enduring state of alienated labour. According to his ‘Comments on James Mill, Elements d’Economie Politique’
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- The Marx RevivalKey Concepts and New Critical Interpretations, pp. 141 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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