Labor of Fire: The Ontology of Labor between Economy and Culture

by Bruno Gulli

Overview

In Labor of Fire, Bruno Gullì offers a timely and much needed re-examination of the concept of labor. Distinguishing between "productive labor" (working for money or subsistence) and "living labor" (working for artistic creation), Gullì convincingly argues for a definition of work that recognizes the importance of artistic and social creativity to our definition of labor and the self.

Gullì lays the groundwork for his book by offering a critique of productive labor, and then maps out his productive/living labor distinction in detail, reviewing the work of Marx and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592131129
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	12/28/2005
Series:	Labor In Crisis Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

What People are Saying About This

Michael Hardt

My sense is that Gullì's work (along with that of a few other young scholars) will renew once again the Marxist tradition. This will not be a scientific Marxism or a humanist Marxism or a structuralist Marxism. It is rather a very philosophical approach to Marx that is nonetheless centered on the concept of labor and its power of social transformation.