Debating a Post-Work Future - Perspectives From Philosophy and the Social Sciences

The book provides a comprehensive, critical overview of philosophical, social-scientific, and humanistic arguments about the design and desirability of "post-work" society. Its purpose is to clarify the concepts and theories that inform this debate by exploring the diversity of arguments from a wide range of perspectives about the meaning of a "post-work" future.The book's 12 chapters were written exclusively for the volume by an international team of researchers in philosophy, political science, gender studies, law, sociology, history, and engineering. They are organized into four larger sections:I. Defining the "Post-Work" DebateII. From Past to FutureIII. The Value and Conditions of Work vs. Post-WorkIV. The Politics and Justice of Post-WorkAfter a general introduction and then an initial round-table discussion among four leading theorists, the book explores topics like work as an evolving social invention, the possible effects of a shorter work week and UBI, automation, climate change, and the roles of Marxism, capitalism, and democracy in a post-work future.

List of contents

Introduction; I. Defining the "Post-Work" Debate: 1. Envisioning the Post-Work World: A Roundtable Conversation; II. From Past to Future: 2. A History of Work as Lived Experience; 3. The Post-work Imagination; 4. Climate Change, Automation, and the Viability of a Post-Work Future; III. The Value and Conditions of Work vs. Post-Work: 5. Self-Development and Shorter Working Hours; 6. Work and the Work Ethic: A Critique of Postwork Arguments; 7. What Is the Point of "Post-Work"? Withdrawing vs Transformative Conceptions; IV. The Politics and Justice of Post-Work: 8. Communism Should not be Post-Work; 9. Post-Work as Post-Capitalist: Economic Democracy for a Post-Work Future; 10. Get a Democratic Life: Politicizing Post-Work Critiques and Democratic Theory; 11. Post-Work and the Problem of Recognition: A Defence of Working Time Reduction; 12. How to Pay for a Post-Work World: Automation and Collective Property; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Cholbi Celentano
• Assisted by: Denise Celentano (Editor), Michael Cholbi (Editor), Cholbi Michael (Editor), Jean-Philippe Deranty (Editor), Deranty Jean-Philippe (Editor), Kory P. Schaff (Editor), Schaff Kory P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032342122
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234212-2
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social groups, Labour / income economics, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Labour Economics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Social groups, communities and identities