The Political Thought of Andre Gorz

ISBN-13: 9780415138666 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 213 str.

Dr Adrian Little

Opis

Andre Gorz is one of the most important contemporary socialist thinkers. He has acquired a reputation as an iconoclastic theorist who poses radical questions about the future of the Left. This assessment of his work critically evaluates all of his writings from the 1950s to the 1990s. It highlights the eclectic nature of Gorz's intellectual heritage, beginning with his existentialist-Marxist roots in post-war France, and moves to his involvement with the burgeoning ecology movement. This text creates a new perspective, arguing that Gorz is primarily a theorist of individual freedom and autonomy.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 GORZ'S POLITICAL HERITAGE; Chapter 2 WORKERS' CONTROL AND SELF-MANAGEMENT; Chapter 3 POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIALISM; Chapter 4 REFORMULATING MARXISM; Chapter 5 ECONOMIC REASON, FULL EMPLOYMENT AND THE IDEOLOGY OF WORK; Chapter 6 TOWARDS SOCIALIST INDIVIDUALISM?; Chapter 7 UTOPIANISM AND WELFARE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;

O autorze

Adrian Little is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Nene College, Northampton.