Beyond Marx: Confronting Labour-history And The Concept Of Labour With The Global Labour-relations Of The Twenty-first - Historical Materialism, Volume 56

A wide ranging and deeply engaged examination of the role slaves and unfree workers play in the global capitalist economy.

About the author

Marcel van der Linden (1952) is Research Director of the International Institute of Social History, Professor of Social Movement History at the University of Amsterdam, and a member of the editorial board of the Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA).

Karl Heinz Roth (1942) is an historian and medical doctor. He has been a co-founder of the Hamburg Foundation for Social History of the 20th Century. His numerous publications deal with labour, business, economic, social, and science history.

Summary

Capitalism has proven much more resilient than Marx anticipated, and the working class has hardly lived up to his hopes. What might a critique of the political economy of labour look like that critically reviews Capitalism's entire history while moving beyond Eurocentrism? In this volume twenty-two authors offer their thoughts on this question, both from a historical and theoretical perspective.

Foreword

Features in Historical Materialism

Promotion targeting left academic journals

Published to coincide with the annual Historical Materialism conference

Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements

Product details

• Assisted by: Marcel Van Der Linden (Editor), Linden Marcel van der (Editor), Karl Heinz Roth (Editor), Roth Karl Heinz (Editor), Marcel van der Linden (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2015
• EAN: 9781608464104
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-410-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 748 g
• Series: Historical Materialism; Historical Materialism
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; HISTORY / Modern / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, General & world history, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, General and world history, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Industrial relations & safety