From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth : Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century by Alex Gourevitch (2014, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107663652
ISBN-139781107663657
eBay Product ID (ePID)201573581

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Number of Pages220 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFrom Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth : Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century
SubjectHistory & Theory, Labor
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlex Gourevitch
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-026552
Reviews"Provides a careful examination of labor arguments, uncovering the complex ways advocates 'embraced and recast' republican ideology." Daniel J. McInerney, The Journal of American History, "Alex Gourevitch's new book powerfully challenges received understandings of the relationship between liberal and republican ideas and unsettles familiar narratives about the history of American political thought. He shows that republican political theory is not as automatically or easily egalitarian as has often been assumed; that nineteenth-century laissez-faire free labor doctrines themselves made civic and not only liberal claims; and, most importantly and centrally, that those he identifies as 'labor republicans' offered a neglected, fascinating, and distinctively American critique of capitalism and wage labor. From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth is an exciting and highly original work." Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, McGill University
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal331.2097309034
Table Of ContentIntroduction: something of slavery still remains; 1. The paradox of slavery and freedom; 2. 'Independent laborers by voluntary contract': the laissez-faire republican turn; 3. 'The sword of want': free labor against wage labor; 4. Labor republicanism and the cooperative commonwealth; 5. Solidarity and selfishness: the political theory of the dependent classes; Conclusion: the freedom yet to come.
SynopsisThis book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These 'labor republicans' derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics., This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These 'labor republicans' derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics. In this tradition, to be free is to be independent of anyone else's will - to be dependent is to be a slave. Borrowing these ideas, labor republicans argued that wage laborers were unfree because of their abject dependence on their employers. Workers in a cooperative, on the other hand, were considered free because they equally and collectively controlled their work. Although these labor republicans are relatively unknown, this book details their unique, contemporary, and valuable perspective on both American history and the organization of the economy., This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These "labor republicans" derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics. In this tradition, to be free is to be independent of anyone else's will - to be dependent is to be a slave. Borrowing these ideas, labor republicans argued that wage laborers were unfree because of their abject dependence on their employers. Workers in a cooperative, on the other hand, were considered free because they equally and collectively controlled their work. Although these labor republicans are relatively unknown, this book details their unique, contemporary, and valuable perspective on both American history and the organization of the economy.
LC Classification NumberHD8072

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