The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and Labour

Mercer, Samuel J.R. (2024) The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and Labour. Historical Materialism Book Series, 311 . Brill, Leiden, Netherlands. ISBN 9789004703162

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Abstract

In On the Reproduction of Capitalism, Louis Althusser cited an appendix which, it seems, remains lost or was never completed. This appendix was titled ‘the Ideology of Work’. This book takes inspiration from this appendix, to think about what is at stake for both Marxism and sociology in analysing work from an Althusserian perspective today. The dominant form of this ideology of work today is theoretical humanism. This book demonstrates how theoretical humanism has undermined the analysis of work and makes the case for a Marxism in sociology with a committed theoretical anti-humanism at the forefront of its endeavour.

Item Type:	Book
Keywords:	Louis Althusser; Marxism; Theoretical Anti-Humanism; Sociology; Work
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Samuel Mercer
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2024 11:05
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2024 11:05
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4301

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