World Beyond Work?

Labour, Money and the Capitalist State Between Crisis and Utopia

AvAna Cecilia Dinerstein,Frederick Harry Pitts

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Sensing a future beyond work lurking in an age of crisis, the ‘post-capitalist’ utopias of today spread the idea of a permanent escape from work aided by the automation of production, a universal basic income and the reduction of working hours to zero. By skilfully unpicking the political economy of contemporary work and its futures, this book mounts a forceful critique of the post-work society vision. Dinerstein and Pitts reveal that transitional measures towards a world beyond work do not do enough to break away from the key features of capitalist society, and instead potentially stifle the capacity for transformative social change. Proposing an innovative alternative, the authors envision the construction of ‘concrete utopias’ that shape and anticipate non-capitalist futures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-01-15
Mått:127 x 198 x 15 mm
Vikt:218 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SocietyNow
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9781787691469

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Mer om författaren

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Bath. Frederick Harry Pitts is a Lecturer in Management at the University of Bristol.

Recensioner i media

‘Ana Cecilia Dinerstein and Frederick Pitts' book is a fundamental contribution to the debate on post-capitalist utopias. The Coronavirus crisis has accelerated the morbid symptoms of austerity-driven capitalism, and we must develop new strategies to escape the increasingly authoritarian trends of nation-states. A World Beyond Work offers a blueprint ready to develop a future against and beyond capitalism. This will be an essential read for the next decade.’

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Post-work, Post-capitalism, Post-what? An Introduction Chapter 2. Futures Past and Present: On Automation Chapter 3. The Post-Work Prospectus: On Labour Chapter 4. Productivist Mandates: On Value Chapter 5. Pennies from Heaven: On Money Chapter 6. Basic Income in One Country: On the State Chapter 7. Liquidating Labour Struggles? On Social Reproduction Chapter 8. Hope and Prefigurative Translation: On Utopia