Post-Work : What It Is, Why It Matters and How We Get There / Helen Hester and Will Stronge

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hester, Helen, author.

Stronge, Will, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of work life.

Work environment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Work environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

What does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? How do we make sure that the uncertain future into which we are heading is heavenly and not hellish? How can we take the pleasures of work with us and eliminate the pains? The answer: we need a post-work vision. Questioning the received wisdom that work is good for you, that you are what you do and that 'any job is a good job', Post-work offers a new challenge to the work-centred society. This timely book provides a vital introduction to the post-work debate - one of the most exciting political and theoretical currents of recent years. It explores not only what the future of work will be like, but more importantly what the future of work should be like.

Contents:

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: What We Will 1. Shorter Working Weeks 2. Unconditional, Universal Income 3. Post-Work Politics With and Beyond Technology 4. Freedom and Nothing Else 5. Post-Work's Utopianism Conclusion: Post-Work's Future Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references.

ISBN:

9781350089990

1350089990

9781350090002

135009000X

9781350089969

1350089966

OCLC:

1477220483