On Michael Burawoy's Theory Of Politics Of Production

The production politics theory of Michael Burawoy(also translated as Michael Burawoy,English name is Michael Burawoy)is concerned with the construction of the working class' s subjectivity and the working class ideology in factory production.Bravermann established the labor process as a research field.But,Burawoy focused more on the study of “harmonious” production problems in factory production.He criticized and revealed this kind of superficial "harmony" and discussed that the internal labor market and the internal state are the political institutions guaranteeing the "harmony" on the surface of labor relations.At the same time,Marx's theory of labor process lacks research on political and ideological factors,and does not distinguish between political and ideological factors at different stages of social development.Burawoy's theory of production politics is to make up for the lack of attention to the political and ideological factors in the labor process,and to reveal the harmony of labor relations in the labor process from the political and ideological aspects.Burawoy insisted on the Marxist class and the standpoint,and demonstrated that the employer attempted to construct a harmonious labor-management relationship through technology and management means,and to hide the fundamental opposition between the employer and the employee.Burawoy wants to expose the crushing nature of capital,study the factors that affect the labor process,and pay attention to the subjective status of workers.On this basis,the study of Burawoy's theory of production politics is mainly divided into four parts,the specific contents are as follows:The first part is mainly to make a preliminary discussion on the background of Burawoy's theory of production politics,including four sections: The first section discusses the academic life,core ideas and academic contributions of Burawoy himself.The second section discusses the political and ideological theory as the resources of production political theory,including the Marxist theory of ideology,Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony,and Foucault's micro-power thinking.The third section discusses the theory of labor process as a source of political theory and thought,including Marx'stheory of labor process,Braverman's theory of labor process and the theory of labor process in Manufacturing Consent.The fourth section discusses the social research theory as the resources of production political theory,including Marx's civil society theory,the criticism of technical rationality,and the transformation of sociological "locality" from Marxist "overall" theory.The background of the discussion is the beginning of the second part of the outline of Burawoy's political theory of production.Burawoy's theory of production politics not only reflects the inheritance of the Marxist tradition,but also based on the unresolved issues of the moment.The second part is mainly an overview of the political theory of Burawoy's production.It is divided into three sections: The first section discusses the proposal of the political issue of Burawoy.The reasons for the issue of production politics are discussed from two aspects.The first is to solve the problem of Braverman's lack of attention to the working class' s subjectivity.The second is to answer the question of "agree" that production is industrialism or capitalism.The second section is a conceptual definition of Burawoy's production politics,including two dimensions.The first is the production politics under the subjectivity.The second is the interaction between production politics and state politics.The third section is the main method of studying the issue of production political theory.The first is to expand the case law.The second is to participate in the observation method.Moreover,the two methods are intertwined fusion use.Based on the background of the first part,this part discusses the proposal of Burawoy's production politics,the problems to be solved and the definition and method of related concepts.It lays a solid foundation for the construction of the next part of Burawoy's production political theory.The third part is mainly about the construction of Burawoy's production political theory,which is divided into three sections: The first section discusses the critical object of production politics theory.It mainly includes three aspects.The first is to criticize the neglect of class and view.The second is the critique of the scientific management concept of Taylorism.The third is the critique of the turn of modernity.The second section is to construct four kinds of political bodies in Burawoy's production politics,including the production polity of early capitalism,the production polity under monopoly capitalism,the production polity under national socialism,and the production polity under colonial rule.Moreover,capital in different social forms has different forms of control over labor,including market autocracy,hegemony,and hegemonic autocracy.The third section is to demonstrate the transformation ofproduction political operation mechanism from "forced" production to "consent" manufacturing,including the Marxist class relationship ontology as the class premise,control,management,innovation as the means mechanism,internal labor The market and internal countries are safeguard mechanisms.In short,the study of Burawoy's theory of production politics is to explain the process of its ins and outs.The elaboration of the theory of Burawoy's production politics is the focus of the first three parts.As for the development of Burawoy's political theory The pulse is the content of the fourth part.The fourth part is mainly about the application and practice of Burawoy's political theory of production,that is,the reflection on the theory of production politics from the standpoint of Marxism,divided into two sections: The first section is to explain the historical position of the theory of production politics.That is,the outstanding contributions and limitations of the theory of production politics.The second section is about the practical significance of the theory of production politics,including paying attention to the subjectivity of laborers,safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of laborers and constructing socialist leadership,and carrying out the construction of mainstream ideology for youth.