A philosopher looks at work

by Geuss, Raymond

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Full title :A philosopher looks at work / Raymond Geuss.

Summary

"Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we care? These questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary. Geuss explores our concept of work and its origins in industrial production, the incentives and compulsions which societies use to get us to work, and the powerful hold which the work ethic has over so many of us. He also looks at dissatisfaction with work - which is as old as work itself - and at various radical proposals for doing away with it, and at the seemingly irreversible growth of unemployment as a result of mechanisation. His book will interest anyone who wishes to understand the place of work in our world. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives."--Amazon

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 178 pages ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108930611, 1108930611
oclc:on1228876423
LC Classification:HD4841
Dewey Decimal:306.36

What is work? -- Exertion -- Physical and moral exertion -- Idleness, play, holiday, retirement -- Necessity -- Individual and social necessity -- Money and credit -- Objectivity -- Goods and services -- The autotelic -- The organisation of work -- In our world -- Jobs -- Careers and professions -- Vocations -- Other ways of doing things -- The non-existence of autarchy -- Hunting and gathering -- Pastoralism -- Agriculture -- Craft production -- The anthropology and economics of work -- Lazybones -- Coercion -- Reasoning -- Incentives -- Solidarity -- The work-ethic -- The active animal -- Rhythm, expression, and drudgery -- Division of labour -- Routine and incremental action -- The economics of 'I and we' -- Shades of Descartes, shades of Locke (in the economy) -- 'The appropriative I' -- Edifying and less edifying variants -- Radical discontent and the future of work -- Forms of radical discontent -- Simple abolition of work -- Overcoming alienation -- Non-instrumental care -- The future of work -- Automation and precariousness -- Outsourcing and Amazonisation -- Ideology -- Bullshit -- Politics -- Two stories about the future -- Conclusion.