Workers and Capital (Lbe)

"Workers and Capital" is a seminal work by operaismo that revolutionized the Italian Left and international workers' movement. It introduced key concepts like neocapitalism, class composition, and workers' inquiry, and is now available in English translation for the first time.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 13 August 2019
Publisher: Verso Books

Workers and Capital, widely regarded as the most significant work of operaismo, a political movement that emerged in the 1960s, profoundly transformed the institutional and extra-parliamentary Left in Italy and beyond. In the decade following its initial publication in 1966, the debates surrounding Workers and Capital sparked innovative analytical approaches and introduced a new vocabulary to thousands of activists, enriching their understanding of emerging forms of workplace, youth, and community struggles. Concepts such as neocapitalism, class composition, mass-worker, the plan of capital, workers' inquiry, and co-research became integral to the political discourse of the Italian Left. Spanning over five decades since its initial publication, Workers and Capital holds a pivotal position in the history of the international workers' movement. However, it is only now that it has been translated into English, marking the first time it is accessible to a broader audience. Far from being a mere artifact of the intense political conflicts of the 1960s, Tronti's work provides invaluable insights into the profound shifts in the nature of work and class composition that have occurred in recent decades.

Weight: 706g
Dimension: 235 x 160 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788730396