Case for Work

The Case for Work shows that our paltry situation is critical precisely because work matters and that it is a mistake to advocate a society beyond work on the basis of its current organisation.

List of contents

• Introduction


• PART I: THE CASE AGAINST WORK


• 1: A modern value


• 2: The work ethic


• 3: Abstract labour


• 4: Work as discipline


• 5: Aristotelian objections


• 6: Nihilistic work


• 7: The imminent obsolescence of work


• 8: The social and political irrelevance of work


• PART II: THE CASE FOR WORK


• 9: Feminism's ambivalent attitude to work


• 10: The work of social reproduction


• 11: The long history of work


• 12: The social centrality of work


• 13: Facing necessity


• 14: Organizing necessity


• Conclusion: Transcending necessity

About the author

Jean-Philippe Deranty is Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has published extensively on Hegel and post-Hegelian philosophy and the philosophy of work.

Summary

The Case for Work shows that our paltry situation is critical precisely because work matters and that it is a mistake to advocate a society beyond work on the basis of its current organisation.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Philippe Deranty, Jean-Philippe (Professor of Philosophy Deranty, Deranty Jean-Philippe
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2024
• EAN: 9780192887146
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288714-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory