His article seeks to problematize the subject-work relationship in the contemporaneous society. Firstly, it analyzes the configuration of this relationship in Western history, particularly as of the late 17th century. Secondly, it discusses the specificities of the new work processes that have been consolidating themselves nearly world-wide. Based on this examination, an analysis is built on the different sociopolitical and subjective implications this new reality in the capitalistic productive organization.
work process; contemporaneous subjectivity; flexible accumulation