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1、Copyright©1999.Allrightsreserved.ACLASSICOFOURTIME:LABORANDMONOPOLYCAPITALAFTERAQUARTER-CENTURYbyJOHNBELLAMYFOSTERThreeyearsago,ontheoccasioI).ofitssilveranniversary,ContemporarySociology,theAmericanSociologicalAssociation'sbookreviewjournal,publishedaspecial

2、sectiononthetenmostinfluentialbooksoftheprevioustwenty-fiveyears.EachbookchosenforthishonorbyContemporarySociologyseditorialboardwasreassessedbyanotablefigureinthefield.OneofthebooksselectedwasHarryBraverman'sLaborandMonopolyCapital.ThesociologistwhowroteonBr

3、averman'sbookwasMichaelBurawoy.Burawoy'sarticle,pointedlyentitled"AClassicofItsTime,"beganbysaying:Therearetwotypesofclassics:thosewerememberandthoseweforget.Thosetowhichwereturnagainandagainstandoutassourcesofcontinuinginspiration.Theyaresufficientlyprofound

4、toendureandsufficientlymultivalentandmultilayeredtosustainnewinterpretations.Suchworksarerare.Moreusualareclassicswhoseimpactissingularandthereforemoreephemeral.Theytransformafieldbutarethenabsorbedandtranscended.HarryBraverman'sLaborandMonopolyCapitalisofthe

5、latterkind.Itbroughttogetherandreconfiguredbothstratificationtheoryandindustrialsociology,reverberatingintopoliticalsociology.Butitisnomeccatowhichwemakecontinualpilgrimage.Itscontributionslhavebecomeconventionalwisdom,thefieldhasmovedon.Burawoythenwentontode

6、pictwhathesawasthemanyfailingsofLahorandMonopolyCapitalandthewaysinwhichamorescientificsociologyhadtranscendedit.AccordingtoJohnBellamyFosterisamemberoftheboardoftheMonthlyReviewFoundationandteachessociologyattheUniversityofOregon.Hehaswrittenthe"Introduction

7、"toaneweditionofHarryBraverman'sLaborandMonopolyCapitaltoappearinFebruary1999.12Copyright©1999.Allrightsreserved.ACLASSICOFOURTIME13Burawoy,Braverman'sanalysisbeginsandendswithaverysimpleidea:"whathascometobeknownas'thedeskillinghypothesis,'"accordingtowhich"

8、managementexpropriatedcontrolfromworkersthroughdeepeningthedivisionoflabor,particularlythedivisionbetweenmentalandmanuallabor...Howcouldsuchasimple,evenunoriginalthesis,"Burawoyasks,"tran