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Chargement... The Refusal of Work: Rethinking Post-Work Theory and Practice (édition 2015)par David Frayne (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Very interesting read. This book takes aim at the way our society enshrines the idea that virtually every adult should be working 40 hours a week (or, sadly, more). What if we were to question this idea? It makes points about how huge productivity gains could be used to shorten our working hours, but instead have mostly gone capital (aka line the pockets of big business owners). The author recognizes that we're nowhere near to achieving the goal of shortening our working hours, but provides a couple of starting points, such as creating a "politics of time". Worth a read for anyone working 9 to 5 (or worse) who dreams about things being different. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work centered world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment, is progressively more difficult to tolerate. In this thought provoking book, David Frayne questions the central place of work in mainstream political visions of the future, laying bare the ways in which economic demands colonise our lives and priorities. Drawing on his original research into the lives of people who are actively resisting nine-to-five employment, Frayne asks what motivates these people to disconnect from work, whether or not their resistance is futile, and whether they might have the capaciity to inspire an alternative form of development, based on a reduction and social redistribution of work. A crucial dissection of the work-centred nature of modern society and emerging resistance to it, 'The Refusal of Work' is a bold call for a more humane and sustainable vision of social progress"--Page four of cover. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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His case studies offer a glimpse into the lives of individuals who have tried to negotiate a lesser presence of work within their daily priorities, showing the challenges they face but also forcing us to reconsider the image of the "idle unemployed." I highly recommend this book for anyone studying the workforce, but also just for those who are attempting to revisit the unhealthy relationship we have with our work. ( )