La città del lavoro is a program book. Nowadays, Fordism, with its large factories, is declining both in Italy and in the other Western societies. But Taylorism, which in the 20th century was also accepted by state socialism and by left-wing and communist culture, is not facing any crisis. Work continues to be largely hetero-directed, reduced to ware and to thing, an appendix and slave of technique, while left-wing parties are unable to give an adequate response to neoliberalism, technological processes and the ongoing globalization. Rethinking the Left means placing work at the centre of politics as a right of constitutional citizenship; and, above all, it means affirming democracy and freedom in work, so that the human people can carry out their own life and knowledge project.
Giuseppe Di Vittorio Foundation , Italy
CGIL, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, Italy
Book Title
La città del lavoro
Book Subtitle
Sinistra e crisi del fordismo
Editors
Iginio Ariemma
Authors
Bruno Trentin
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
326
Publication Year
2014
Copyright Information
© 2014 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-547-6
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-546-9
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-547-6
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-548-3
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-459-3
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919