In the 1940s and 1950s, the concepts of surplus labor, disguised unemployment, and underemployment emerged as key tools for thinking about economic development in the emerging “Third World.” This article examines how these concepts were developed and debated in Egypt, a country that was at the forefront of postcolonial planning efforts internationally. To this end, […]

Georg Simmel (1858-1918) était un philosophe et sociologue très attentif à l’art de son temps. La sculpture de Rodin l’a particulièrement inspiré. Il publia dès 1902 une première étude (avant même celle de Rilke) et reprit régulièrement la question jusqu’à la mort de Rodin en 1917. Le paradoxe de cet art était selon lui d’installer […]

Introduction: Counting Work and Workers in Africa: Introduction to the Special Issue