Economics, Philosophy and the Neglect of Labour reasserts the significance of labour in economics and philosophy, both within and beyond the Marxist tradition. It explores how labour has been systematically neglected and misunderstood in Western thought – from its reductive treatment in biblical and classical texts, through its displacement during the scholastic period and the Enlightenment, to its marginalisation in modern political economy and law.
Tracing this long history of neglect, Geoffrey Kay and James Mott challenge the assumption that labour is merely instrumental – a view rooted in the British moralists and perpetuated by Adam Smith and his followers. In contrast, they draw on Aristotelian ideas of teleology, and their transformation in Hegel and Marx, to recover a purposive and creative tradition of labour. While Heidegger's ontology of Being, for example, excludes labour and creativity, Kay and Mott position labour as the vital site of creative activity. This not only challenges Heidegger's appropriation of techne but also affirms the enduring relevance of Aristotelianism in Marx's thought.
Revisiting the labour theory of value in light of technological transformation, financialisation and the expansion of consumption, Economics, Philosophy and the Neglect of Labour argues that labour remains central to understanding the dynamics and contradictions of the contemporary world.
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Labour EconomicsTable of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Dedication
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Creativity and toil
- 2 The mechanical arts
- 3 Instrumental labour
- 4 Purposive labour
- 5 Philosophy and labour
- 6 The philosophical negation of labour
- 7 The philosophical affirmation of labour: Gyorg Lukács
- 8 Labour and capital
- 9 Beyond the labour theory of value
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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