 Capital and Industrial RelationsRichard Hyman Chapter 4 in Industrial Relations, 1975, pp 94-120 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract It is no accident that Capital was the work to which Marx devoted the bulk of his mature life. After his early grounding in classical and German philosophy, the young Marx immersed himself in the study of economic history and political economy. This intellectual reorientation both reflected and reinforced a conviction that theories and philosophies cannot be seriously discussed or understood in the abstract, but must be treated as products of the social conditions in which they arise. ‘The production of ideas, of conceptions, of consciousness, is at first directly interwoven with the material activity and the material intercourse of men, the language of real life’ (Marx and Engels 1970: 47). Social life in turn is shaped by the most basic of human activities: the organisation of work, the manner in which men act upon the material world and satisfy their material needs. ‘By producing their means of subsistence, men are indirectly producing their actual material life … The “ history of humanity” must always be treated in relation to the history of industry and exchange’ (ibid.: 42, 50). Keywords: Trade Unionism; Trade Union; Collective Bargaining; Industrial Relation; Union Organisation (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-15623-8_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15623-8_5 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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