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Trott, Ben The ‘Fragment on Machines’ as Science Fiction; Or, Reading the Grundrisse Politically 2017 Article Post-Fordism, Capitalism, On Marx on Machines Machines, Marx, Marx Machine, Technology, Capitalism, Value, Value Theory, Political Economy, Wissenschaft, Fiction, Operaismo, Reproductive Labour, Post-Fordism
Citation Trott, Ben 2017 Article Cambridge J. Econ. Machines Marx Marx Machine Technology Capitalism Value Value Theory Political Economy Wissenschaft Fiction Operaismo Reproductive Labour Post-Fordism Post-Fordism Capitalism On Marx on Machines

"The ‘Fragment on Machines’ as Science Fiction; Or, Reading the Grundrisse Politically"

by Trott, Ben (2017)

Abstract

This paper interrogates the 'Fragment on Machines' in Marx's Grundrisse, first widely translated and disseminated in the 1960s at the dawn of post-Fordism. It examines its reception, and its deployment by the Italian Marxian tradition of Operaismo, and the …

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Machines, Marx, Marx Machine, Technology, Capitalism, Value, Value Theory, Political Economy, Wissenschaft, Fiction, Operaismo, Reproductive Labour, Post-Fordism

Themes

Post-Fordism, Capitalism, On Marx on Machines

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