Trabalho (imaterial), valor e classes sociais

The book 'Work (immaterial), value and social classes: dialogues with contemporary researchers' brings to light a debate that was structured in the mid-1970s in Europe and the United States, which spread more strongly in Brazil in the 1990s and which in the years 2000 is still present. At the core of this debate is the thesis of overcoming industrial society and, with it, the Marxist concepts of labor, value and social classes. In this book, we interviewed 22 contemporary researchers, trying to question them exactly on such topics. The questions were oriented, firstly, to the contemporary reality of the thesis about the end of industrial society, and secondly, by highlighting the particularities of the research and studies of each interviewee, exploring social, historical, economic, and social issues. central philosophies present in contemporary societies. Thus, in addition to exposing a wide range of interpretations of work, immaterial work, value and social classes, there is in this book a set of theoretical formulations that can help us to understand the social relations that constitute societies in the 21st century. In addition, we have the preface by Alfredo Saad Filho (Soas -UK) and the postulancy of Giovanni Alves (Unesp -Marília), who have brought us important notes, be it about the importance and the theoretical and social relevance of the interviews, or about the social context that provides the basis for our book.