Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth CenturyThis widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverman, whose years as an industrial worker gave him rich personal insight into work, Labor and Monopoly Capital overturned the reigning ideologies of academic sociology. This new edition features an introduction by John Bellamy Foster that sets the work in historical and theoretical context, as well as two rare articles by Braverman, "The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century" (1975) and "Two Comments" (1976), that add much to our understanding of the book. |
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Page 14
... mode of production as a technical organization is treated . Within the historical and analytical limits of capitalism , according to Marx's analysis , technology , instead of simply pro- ducing social relations , is produced by the ...
... mode of production as a technical organization is treated . Within the historical and analytical limits of capitalism , according to Marx's analysis , technology , instead of simply pro- ducing social relations , is produced by the ...
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... mode of production as a result of a change in social forms , then such hybrid formations as we see in the Soviet Union should not come as a surprise . It took capitalism centuries to develop its own mode of production , which , as we ...
... mode of production as a result of a change in social forms , then such hybrid formations as we see in the Soviet Union should not come as a surprise . It took capitalism centuries to develop its own mode of production , which , as we ...
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... production and other decisions by ballot , etc. — upon the existing organization of production is delusory . Without ... mode of production - balloting within factories and offices does not alter the fact that the workers remain as ...
... production and other decisions by ballot , etc. — upon the existing organization of production is delusory . Without ... mode of production - balloting within factories and offices does not alter the fact that the workers remain as ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Labor and Management | 29 |
Labor and Labor Power | 31 |
Copyright | |
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accumulation analysis automatic Automation average Babbage become Braverman capitalist mode capitalist society census century characteristic Charles Babbage clerical workers clerks commodity conception corporation craft detail division of labor economic employed employees employment engineering entire existence fact factory functions Georges Friedmann Harry Braverman human Ibid increase Karl Marx knowledge Labor and Monopoly labor force labor power labor process machine machinery machinist manufacturing Marx Marx's mass means mechanical ment methods mode of production Monopoly Capital motion occupations Office Management operations organization output percent performed pig iron population principle problem process of production production process punch relations of production reserve army result revolution scientific management skill sociology standard statistics structure surplus surplus value systematic tasks Taylor technical therblig tion trade transformation trend United unproductive wage York