André Gorz argues that changes in the role of the work and labour 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 labour and unemployment in the post-industrial world.
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About the author
André Gorz was one of Europe's leading thinkers on politics. He is the author of several books including Ecology as Politics and Paths to Paradise.
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Publisher
Pluto Press
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Published on
1997
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Pages
152
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ISBN
9780861043644
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Language
English
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Genres
Business & Economics / Labor
Philosophy / Political
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