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Originally published by Humanities Press, 1978. © Alfred Sohn-Rethel.
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Names: Sohn-Rethel, Alfred, 1899- author.
Title: Intellectual and manual labour : a critique of epistemology / by Alfred Sohn-Rethel ; translated by Martin Sohn-Rethel.
Other titles: Geistige und körperliche Arbeit. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; volume 224 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2020045253 (print) | LCCN 2020045254 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004279100 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004444256 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Marxian economics. | Historical materialism. | Capitalism. | Work.
Classification: LCC HB97.5 .S58713 2021 (print) | LCC HB97.5 (ebook) | DDC 335.4/12–dc23
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