Reassessing marx s social and political philosophy. A central theme of the work is the concept of autonomy. The authors were attempting to analyse the new wave of workers struggles that were beginning to emerge after the bleak years of the cold war. Mario tronti born 24 july 1931 is an italian philosopher and politician, considered as one of. The workers have imposed it on the capitalists, through the violent reality of their. Trontis workers and capital remains a solid basis for researching this new capitalist terrain. Tronti objects to lenins claim that the chain of capitalism breaks at its weakest link. When as at the present moment all the initiative is in capital s hands, the workers immediate interest is to keep them apart. Mario trontis workers and capital is a landmark work in the history of marxism. A second collection of papers from marx and philosophy. As a matter of fact, the classical marxist thesis that the union holds the. We have reached a period of inbetween in working class history.
Workers and capital has only recently appeared in english translation, tronti has. Once convinced of the necessity of this, let us say, marxian purification of marxism. It reconstructs the great cycles of the labor struggle from the 1870s, followed by a series of facts that constitute its history. It would include the history of labor in industry, of industry in capital. Antonio negri, author with michael hardt of empire those who, like marx, believe that the critique of political economy realises its true potential when it becomes an instrument in the class struggle will find this book an indispensable weapon. Workers and capital is universally recognised as the most important work produced by. Autonomism marxist theory syndicalism labor studies scholars. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. This integrated article analyzes marx and autonomist marxist. Workers and capital is universally recognised as the most important work produced by operaismo, a current of political thought emerging in the 1960s that revolutionised the institutional and extra parliamentary. Faced with mass revolt by western workers in the 1960s, trontis operaismo. Mario tronti the progressive era the working class after marx can be approached historically in two ways.
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