The Mythology of Work

Informationen zum Autor Peter Fleming is Professor of Organisation Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author of The Mythology of Work (Pluto, 2015) and The Death of Homo Economicus (Pluto, 2017). Klappentext There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life has slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless ritual, colonising almost every part of our lives - endless and inescapable.In The Mythology of Work, Peter Fleming examines how neoliberal society uses the ritual of work (and the threat of its denial) to maintain the late capitalist class order. As our society is transformed into a factory that never sleeps, work becomes a universal reference point for everything else, devoid of any moral or political worth.Blending critical theory with recent accounts of job related suicides, office-induced paranoia, fear of relaxation, managerial sadism and cynical corporate social responsibility campaigns, Fleming paints a bleak picture of neoliberal capitalism in which the economic and emotional dysfunctions of a society of wage slaves greatly outweigh its professed benefits. Zusammenfassung How neoliberal society has transformed the nature of work into a pointless ritual. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Once Upon a Time! Man Invented Work ... 1: The Factory That Never Sleeps 2: Planet of Work 3: What is Managerialism? 4: Viral Capitalism in the Bedroom 5: Corporate Ideology as False Truth Telling 6: Critique of Dialogical Reason Conclusion: Inoperative Critique and the End of Work References Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Fleming
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2015
• EAN: 9780745334868
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3486-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Labour / income economics, Politics & government, Labour Economics, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Politics and government, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General