The Refusal of Work: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work - Brossura

Frayne, David

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ISBN 10: 1783601175 ISBN 13: 9781783601172

Casa editrice: Zed Books, 2015

Riassunto

Modern capitalist society runs on paid work. Yet for many of us, paid work is at best a frustrating experience. Some of us are burdened with too much work, while others fight the hard realities of precarious, low-paid, low-quality work amid persistent mass unemployment. So what if we rethought the whole system?

That’s the ambitious challenge David Frayne takes up in The Refusal of Work. Drawing on substantial empirical research into the lives of people who are actively resisting employment—either by reducing their work hours to the minimum or by giving up work altogether—Frayne delves into the reasons that people disconnect from work, the strategies they develop for coping with not working in a society that demands work, and, perhaps most interestingly, what they do with their free time. The resulting book offers a fascinating portrait of an alternative approach to life under capitalism, and a bracing reminder that a humane and sustainable vision of social progress is possible.

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Recensione:

This is the most engaging and comprehensive book I ve ever read about how work dominates our lives. It is insightful and inspiring and should be read by everyone who goes to work every day, if they can find the time. --Sharon Beder, author of Selling the Work Ethic

A humane reassessment of the ethics of work which will appeal to anyone who has wondered whether the job they are fighting so hard to get, or to hold on to, really is worth the struggle. At its heart lies the provocative and sometimes poignant accounts of those individuals who may be showing the way towards an engagement with work which is better for all of us. --Ralph Fevre, author of The Demoralization of Western Culture and Trouble at Work

A well-written romp through theory and critiques of work... Amid the hard-¬work rhetoric, this book feels liberating and a worthy provocation. --Financial Times

L'autore:

David Frayne works as a part-time lecturer in sociology at Cardiff University and as a freelance research associate for Public Health Wales.

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• Editore: Zed Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783601175
• ISBN 13: 9781783601172
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 270