Classe Operaia
| Editor | Asor Rosa Mario Tronti |
|---|---|
| Categories | Political magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | January 1964 |
| Final issue | March 1967 |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Classe Operaia (Italian: Working Class) was an Marxist monthly magazine which was published in Italy for three years between 1964 and 1967. Its subtitle was "political monthly of the workers in struggle."
History and profile
Classe Operaia was founded by a group of Marxist intellectuals who left another Marxist magazine entitled Quaderni Rossi.[1] The first issue of Classe Operaia came out in January 1964.[1] Asor Rosa and Mario Tronti co-edited the magazine from its start in 1964 to 1966.[2] One of the contributors was philosopher Antonio Negri.[3]
Target audience of Classe Operaia was the workers.[3] The magazine's debut editorial, "Lenin in England ", by Mario Tronti emphasized the need to change in the Marxist tradition which included the modification the dominant perspective of the period.[1][3] Such a change was reported to be related to first the working class and its struggles and to the capital and its development.[1] The last issue of the magazine appeared in March 1967.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Classe Operaia" (in Italian). Conricerca. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Fabio Guidali (2020). "Culture and political commitment in the nonorthodox Marxist Left: the case of Quaderni piacentini in pre-1968 Italy". History of European Ideas. 46 (6): 869. doi:10.1080/01916599.2020.1756892.
- ^ a b c Andrew Anastasi (2020). "Book review. New Uses for Old Thought: Mario Tronti's Copernican Revolution, 50 Years On". Critical Sociology. 46 (7–8): 1304. doi:10.1177/0896920520911995.
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