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Over the last twenty-five years, Western societies have been reversing into the future.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
André Gorz (1923 2007), geboren in Wien, verbrachte die Kriegsjahre in der Schweiz und ließ sich nach Kriegsende in Paris nieder. Er arbeite mit Jean-Paul Sartre und Simone de Beauvoir an der Zeitschrift Les Temps modernes , war Redaktor bei L Express , später bei der Wochenzeitung Le Nouvel Observateur , die er 1964 zusammen mit Jean Daniel gegründet hatte.In seinen Buchpublikationen profiliert sich Gorz als Theoretiker der Arbeiterselbstverwaltung und der politischen Ökologie.
Zusammenfassung
aeo A major new work by one of the leading social and political thinkers of our time. aeo Offers a fundamental reassessment of the future of work, at a time when the role of work in our lives is being transformed by profound economic and technological changes.
Bericht
It is to Gorz...(excellently translated by Chris Turner), that readers should turn for a compelling combination of sharp analysis, well wrought polemic, and suggestions for the future. Red Pepper
The author successfully combines a thorough analysis of recent development of work with a vision of a transformation of society. British Journal of Industrial Relations
Gorz maps out a proposed path to a better world of work, in which work would combine elements of creativity, play, community service, self-provision, and caring, all loosely linked in a life of "multi-activity" ... This sounds far indeed from the world of work we know. But, Gorz argues, the current economy - not some far-distant future - holds the potential for this utopia. Work, Organizations, and Markets
