This paper interprets André Gorz’s endorsement of unconditional basic income – in 1997 – against the background of his engagement with the “post-workerist” concern about the general intellect having become the organising principle of contemporary production. The first part highlights how the hypothesis of cognitive capitalism allows for an original understanding of basic income as primary revenue. The second part explores affinities and divergences of such understading with regard to André Gorz’s positions in his late works – most notably in The Immaterial (2003).
