Machinisme”, Marxism, humanism: Georges Friedmann before and after WW II - 21/03/08
Abstract |
Georges Friedmann (1902-1977) is known for the humanist sociology of work he founded after World War II. Before the war he was a Marxist intellectual, close to the French Communist Party and an admirer of the young Soviet Union. The effect of this political and ideological itinerary on his sociology of work has never been analyzed systematically. Here the question is handled by following the presence of a central concept in his work, “machinisme” [see note1 ]. This concept does not come from Marx's thinking but from that of the Romantic historian Jules Michelet, whose writings Friedmann was fully familiar with. A key term in Friedmann's early writings, it was abandoned after World War II in favor of the “natural milieu/technical milieu” conceptual pair. This terminological change went together with a radical change in Friedmann's point of view.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Georges Friedmann, Humanism, Machinisme, Marx, Marxism, Michelet, Sociology of work, France
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“This article was published originally in French and appeared in Sociologie du Travail 46 (Sociol. Trav.) 2004, 205-223. It has been translated by Amy Jacobs”. |
Vol 49 - N° S1
P. e16-e33 - janvier 2007 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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