Paths to Paradise: On the Liberation from WorkWe are moving into a world where a power elite allocates jobs: where commodities buy consumers: where socialist as well as capitalist dogma is an obstacle to comprehension.In this book, Andre Gorz returns to Marx's Grundrisse and the prophecy of early nineteenth century socialists and rediscovers a vision of post-capitalist society founded on the automation of work and the transcending of the exchange economy. He argues that we have reached the precise stage where these utopian insights become a reality. If the socialist movement is to have something to say to a generation whose identity is no longer shaped at work, it must grasp these insights. |
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| Title | Paths to Paradise: On the Liberation from Work |
| Author | Andre Gorz |
| Publisher | Pluto Press, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 14, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0861047621, 9780861047628 |
| Length | 144 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Political Ideologies / General |
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