Overview
- Reviews Marxist approaches to labor and politics of work in light of materialist feminism and political eocology
- Offers a comprehensive overview of worker’s democracy experiments from the 20th to the 21st century
- Proposes a philosophical approach to work and democracy and puts forward proposals for democratic work
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Democratic Criticism of Work
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Models and Political Issues
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- labor
- radical democracy
- labour institutions
- political philosophy
- social philosophy
- democratization
- capitalist accumulation
- worker’s councils
- labour law
- work organization
- labour unions
- political ecology
- feminism
- political economy
- neoliberalism
- Marxism
- alienated labor
- worker’s democracy
- social alienation
- democratic work
About this book
This book proposes a radical transformation of labour institutions, in order to lay the foundation for the democratization of society rather than capitalist accumulation. Using an empirical analysis of the contemporary world of work, Alexis Cukier examines the democratic meaning of today’s critique of work organization and questions the theoretical models (linked to class struggles and to industrial democracy) to conceive of a "democratic work." Considering particular historical experiments (such as cooperatives, self-management, worker’s councils) that try to realize democracy at work, this book also analyzes the political issue of "democratic work" in relation to issues such as labour law, feminist struggles and political ecology. Ultimately, this book proposes some institutional paths that could overtake the divide between the rights of the citizens and the rights of the workers, arguing finally: if we really want to radicalize democracy, we should begin withdemocratizing work.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alexis Cukier is Associate Professor in Moral and Political Philosophy, member of the research laboratory Métaphysique Allemande et Philosophie Pratique, University of Poitiers, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Democratic Work
Book Subtitle: Radical Democracy and the Future of Labour
Authors: Alexis Cukier
Translated by: Jean-Charles Khalifa, Brendan Prendiville
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27856-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27855-6Published: 09 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-27858-7Due: 09 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-27856-3Published: 08 May 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 189
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Political Sociology, Political Sociology