Hegemony and the Politics of Labour - Towards a Discourse Theory of Value in Contemporary Capitalism

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour takes up a question that goes to the heart of the debate about politics, capitalism, and discourse: how can labour relations and value production be understood as discursive processes?

List of contents

Introduction  1. Post-Marxism and the Materiality of Labour  2. Labour and Political Society: On the Contingency of Capitalism  3. Money and the Limits of Labour  4. Domination and the Antagonisms of Value  5. Subjectivity and the Logics of Value  Conclusion: Labour, Class, and the Political

About the author

Simon Tunderman is a researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP). He holds a PhD in political theory from the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS). Previously he worked as a lecturer in European Politics and Society at the University of Groningen.

Summary

Hegemony and the Politics of Labour takes up a question that goes to the heart of the debate about politics, capitalism, and discourse: how can labour relations and value production be understood as discursive processes?

Product details

• Authors: Simon Tunderman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032576909
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257690-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Labour / income economics, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Marxism & Communism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General