A new revolutionary practice
Operaisti and the 'refusal of work' in 1970's Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5147671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Pizzolato (0000-0002-3618-5188, Middlesex University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 61 |
| Pages | 449-464 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0103-2186 • E-ISSN: 2178-1494 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s2178-14942017000200008 |
| OpenAlex | W2749044403 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0103-21862017000200449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
The social protest that engulfed Italy in the 1970s found a theoretical analysis in the work of the operaisti. Through a series of concepts, they outlined a new revolutionary practice that aimed to return to a more authentic reading of Marxism. This article focuses on the notion of 'refusal of work' and the ancillary concept of 'appropriation' and examines how these theoretical tools emerged out of radical protest in factories and were put forward by the operaisti as a central plank of a revolutionary strategy for the working class
Appropriation · Epistemology · Plank · Political science · Reading (process) · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Engineering · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Mechanical Engineering · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |