A first and very short description of the term “proletarian of the knowledge” could be
A proletarian of the knowledge is an employee who’s work contributes to the production and management of new knowledge without receiving directly (e.g. via stipend) or indirectly (e.g. via social welfare) the full financial value produced by his work.
As bigger parts of the economy shift towards services and what we call in general third-level production, bigger parts of the population are employed as “knoweldge miners”, ie proletarians of the knowledge. This is particular apparent in the mature western capitalistic economies where the majority of the newly created employment positions require more of mental than physical skills/labor.
The financial and political power of the knowledge-proletarians arises from various characteristics of theirs, epigrammatically:
- Their increasing number
- Their mental know-how which often requires higher education
- Their positioning in strategic sectors for the modern capitalistic economy and national states e.g banking, telecommunications, IT…..
Σεπτεμβρίου 8, 2007 σε 6:18 μμ
“the full financial value produced by his work”
ektos apo to pososto ths upera3ias pou karpwnetai enas ergazomenos apo th douleia tou 8a prepei na sunupologisoume kai enan akoma paragonta gia na prosdiorisoume th 8esh enos ergazomenou sthn agora ergasias:
th summetoxh tou sthn katanomh ths paragwghs. Epi paradeigmati enas mhxanikos pou apasxoleitai ws eleu8eros epaggelmatias amoibetai gia to proion ths ergasias tou kai oxi gia thn ergasia ou auth ka8eauth kai mporei na amoibetai me to sunolo ths upera3ias pou paragei h ergasia tou (den eimai apoluta bebaios oti auto mporei na sumbei, xreiazetai perissoterh epe3ergasia auto to zhthma alla mou fainetai pi8ano endexomeno). Omws epeidh de summetexei stis apofaseis gia to sxediasmo ths sunolikhs paragwghs den mporei na au3hsei thn paragwgikothta tou – ektos an au3hsei tis wres ergasias tou. Etsi mia allagh pros ena dhmokratikotero montelo diaxeirhshs ths paragwghs 8a eunoouse kai auto to strwma. Upo auth th skopia 8a prepei na doume an auta ta stwmata perilambanontai sthn epanastatikh ta3h h an prepei na tous doume ws summaxous.
Σεπτεμβρίου 8, 2007 σε 6:43 μμ
“the full financial value produced by his work”
except the part of the suplus-value that a worker is earning with his work, we must consider one more factor in order to determinate the position of a worker in the class establishment:
his participation in the production management.
For example a self-employed engineer is paid for is produce not for his job and he can be paid with the hole of the amount of the suplus-value his work produce. But he doesn’t participate in the dicisions about the planning of general production. So he can’t increase his productivity, and his fee too, unless he increases his working time. With these we can conclude that this stratum could agree with a social transformation to a more democratic way of management of production. Now we should consider about if this stratum is member of or allied to the revolutionary class.
Σεπτεμβρίου 8, 2007 σε 7:47 μμ
“As bigger parts of the economy shift towards services and what we call in general third-level production, bigger parts of the population are employed as “knoweldge miners”, ie proletarians of the knowledge”
Its not only the third-level section of production that needs well trained experts. On contrary its the industry that has grater need of them to keep working properly.