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Atzert, Thomas; translated by Frederick Peters About Immaterial Labor and Biopower 2006 Article Foucault, On Foucault Foucault, Marx, Socialism, Biopower, Immaterial Labor, Negri, Hardt, Tertiarization
Citation Atzert, Thomas; translated by Frederick Peters 2006 Article Capitalism Nature Socialism Foucault Marx Socialism Biopower Immaterial Labor Negri Hardt Tertiarization Foucault On Foucault

"About Immaterial Labor and Biopower"

by Atzert, Thomas; translated by Frederick Peters (2006)

Abstract

… Cooperation and self-employment, along with knowledge, creativity, language and affect, had been important moments in the struggle against work under Fordism, a fact too often neglected today … The concept of biopower harkens back to Michel Foucault's analysis of power …

Keywords

Foucault, Marx, Socialism, Biopower, Immaterial Labor, Negri, Hardt, Tertiarization

Themes

Foucault, On Foucault

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Citation

Atzert, Thomas and translated by Frederick Peters. “About Immaterial Labor and Biopower.” Capitalism Nature Socialism, vol. 17, no. 1, Routledge, 2006, pp. 58–64, doi:10.1080/10455750500505424.

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