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Making Light Work: An End to Toil in the Twenty-First Century [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 200 pages, height x width x depth: 218x145x25 mm, weight: 386 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 11-Feb-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Polity Press
  • ISBN-10: 1509548629
  • ISBN-13: 9781509548620
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 200 pages, height x width x depth: 218x145x25 mm, weight: 386 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 11-Feb-2022
  • Izdevniecība: Polity Press
  • ISBN-10: 1509548629
  • ISBN-13: 9781509548620
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Is work a primordial curse? Or a spiritual calling? Or is it a tedious necessity that technology will abolish, freeing us to indulge lives of leisure?

In this book David A. Spencer argues that work is only an alienating burden because of the nature of work under capitalism. He makes the case not for the abolition of work – which can remain a source of meaning and dignity - but for its lightening. Engaging with thinkers ranging from Marx and William Morris to Keynes and Graeber, he rejects the idea that high-quality work can only be open to a few while the majority are condemned to menial tasks, and sets out an agenda for shortening the working week while also making work a site of creativity, usefulness and joy for all.

This erudite book sets out a compelling agenda for radical change. It’s essential reading for anyone interested in the future of their work.

Recenzijas

Bold and lucid. Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University

David Spencer has set out a forceful case for a future that would bring less but better work for all, permeated by the visionary ideas of Marx and Morris. Francis Green, Professor of Work and Education Economics, UCL Institute of Education

Making Light Workwill inspire you to contemplate the heavy work necessary for lightening work to make it more meaningful and less burdensome. John W. Budd, University of Minnesota

Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction
1(9)
2 Meanings of Work
10(31)
3 The (Lost) Dream of Working Less
41(21)
4 Realities of Work: From Bullshit Jobs to Good Work
62(24)
5 Demanding Better Work for All
86(22)
6 Automation and a World without Work
108(16)
7 Working for Change
124(25)
8 Conclusion
149(9)
Notes 158(24)
References 182(13)
Index 195
David A. Spencer is Professor of Economics and Political Economy at the University of Leeds.