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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828733003321

Autore

Brass Tom <1946->

Titolo

Labour regime change in the twenty-first century [[electronic resource] ] : unfreedom, capitalism and primitive accumulation / / by Tom Brass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-27066-8

9786613270665

90-04-21040-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; v. 35

Disciplina

331.01

Soggetti

Labor - Philosophy

Capitalism - Philosophy

Communism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / T. Brass -- Introduction / T. Brass -- 1. The Smithian Inheritance / T. Brass -- 2. The Marxist Inheritance / T. Brass -- 3. Semi-Feudalism And Modern Marxism / T. Brass -- 4. ‘Disguised’ Wage Labour And Modern Marxism / T. Brass -- 5. Unfreedom As Primitive Accumulation? / T. Brass -- 6. Germany And The United States: ‘Primitive’ Or ‘Fully Functioning’ Accumulation? / T. Brass -- 7. ‘Medieval Working Practices’? British Agriculture And The Return Of The Gangmaster / T. Brass -- 8. Citizenship And Human Rights – Or Socialism? / T. Brass -- Conclusion / T. Brass -- Bibliography / T. Brass -- Author Index / T. Brass -- Subject Index / T. Brass.

Sommario/riassunto

The object is to assess the validity, in the light of current economic development, of the epistemology structuring different historical interpretations linking capitalism, unfreedom and primitive accumulation. Conventional wisdom is that – regarding the incompatibility between capitalism and unfreedom –an unbroken continuity links Marxism to Adam Smith, Malthus, Mill and Max Weber. Challenging this, it is argued Marxism accepts that, where class struggle is global, capitalist producers employ workers who are unfree. The reasons are traced to the conceptualization by Smith of labour as



value, by Hegel of labour as property, and by Marx of labour-power as commodity that can be bought/sold. From this stems the free/unfree distinction informing the process of becoming, being, remaining, and acting as a proletariat.