The multitude and the kangaroo: A critique of Hardt and Negri's theory of immaterial labour

Historical Materialism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 21-52

  Camfield, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Hardt; Immaterial labour; Marxism; Negri

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547574038     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920607X192057     Document Type: Article

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