Marxism, Alienation and the Historic Time of the Social Barbarity of Capital

Authors

  • Giovanni Alves UNESP - Marília - SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802013000100005

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to explore alienation as a crucial problem of our historic time, seeking to emphasize the meanings of the concept of “positive self-transcendence of alienation”, which is considered by István Meszáros as the central axis of Marxian reflection in the Economic-Philosophic Manuscripts. To do so, it looks at the new historic registration of Aufhebung considering the
conditions of the structural crisis of capital and the rule of global capitalism as manipulative capitalism. It addresses the ontological centrality of the problematic of everyday life and alienation from the perspective of the radical criticism of work. Finally, it raises elements for reflection, from a radical Marxist perspective, about the transition as being the problem of production of human subjects, capable of positive self-transcendence from alienation.

Author Biography

Giovanni Alves, UNESP - Marília - SP

Giovanni Alves é doutor em ciências sociais pela Unicamp, livre-docente em sociologia e professor da Unesp, campus de Marília. É pesquisador do CNPq com bolsa-produtividade em pesquisa e coordenador da Rede de Estudos do Trabalho (RET) e do Projeto Tela Crítica. É autor de vários livros e artigos sobre o tema trabalho e sociabilidade, entre os quais O novo (e precário) mundo do trabalho: reestruturação produtiva e crise do sindicalismo (Boitempo Editorial, 2000) e Trabalho e subjetividade: O espírito do toyotismo na era do capitalismo manipulatório (Boitempo Editorial, 2011).

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Published

2013-06-07

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2013): Marx, Marxismos e Serviço Social

Section

Thematic space

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