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"What is work? Is it simply a burden to be tolerated or something more meaningful to one's sense of identity and self-worth? And why does it matter? In a uniquely thought-provoking book, John W. Budd presents ten historical and contemporary views of work from across the social s…
This book offers a critical account of Karl Marxs dazzling theory of labour power which is also one of the most influential concepts in the history of contemporary philosophy. Labour power is the dark side of the digital revolution. Working men and women are invisible and treate…
This volume aims to re-establish labour as the fundamental constitutive principle of the social world, through a reinterpretation of Marx's social theory. Each chapter develops a central Marxist theme, including class and classification; commodity fetishism and primitive accumul…
Using Marxist and systems theory as guides, this book offers an entry point to the current debate on the role of economy in modern society, the change in work organizations and the effect of the economy on the individual. It explores the concepts of work society', industrial soc…