Reading the Grundrisse: Beyond ?orthodox? Marxism

Marx is Back, But Which One? On Knowledge Labour and Media Practice

“…This brief overview could only paint a picture in the broadest strokes, suggesting why it is absolutely vital for communication scholars to make use of the Grundrisse in research on communication labour and in the wider political economy of communication. There is much more to be addressed in the notebooks themselves as well as in interpretations offered by Piccone (1975), Hardt and Negri (2004), (Negri 1991), Terranova (2004), Dyer-Witheford (1999), Gorz (2010), and others. It is now important to turn to another facet of Marx that is intimately related to the theoretical questions raised in the Grundrisse: the life of Marx as a journalist or professional knowledge worker.…”

Revendiquer le salariat ou comment court-circuiter le cycle d’accumulation du capital des médias socionumériques

“…Le marxisme orthodoxe est l'idéologie sociale et politique qui a émergé des oeuvres de Marx à partir de la fin du XIX ème siècle. Propagé surtout par les idéologues de la Deuxième internationale comme Lénine, le marxisme orthodoxe est dominé par l'idée d'un déterminisme technologique inhérent au progrès de l'histoire (Piccone, 1975). Ce progrès est expliqué par une tendance transhistorique au développement des forces productives.…”

Marx is Back, But Which One? On Knowledge Labour and Media Practice

“…There is much more to be addressed in the notebooks themselves as well as in interpretations offered by Piccone (1975), Hardt and Negri (2004), (Negri 1991), Terranova (2004), Dyer-Witheford (1999), Gorz (2010), and others. It is now important to turn to another facet of Marx that is intimately related to the theoretical questions raised in the Grundrisse: the life of Marx as a journalist or professional knowledge worker.…”