Andre Gorz is one of the most important contemporary socialist thinkers. He has acquired a reputation as an iconoclastic theorist who poses radical questions about the future of the Left. This is the first full length assessment of his work which critically evaluates all of his writings from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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1 Gorz'S Political Heritage: Existentialism And Communism
5
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2 Workers' Control And Self-Management: A Radical Strategy For Labour?
28
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3 Political Ecology And Socialism: A New Vanguard?
50
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4 Reformulating Marxism: Class Conflict And The State
77
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5 Economic Reason, Full Employment And The Ideology Of Work
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6 Towards Socialist Individualism?
140
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7 Utopianism And Welfare: Theses For A Future Left
162
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Adrian Little is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Nene College, Northampton.
