The Problem with Work
Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
A John Hope Franklin Center Book
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 304
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: A John Hope Franklin Center Book
- EAN: 9780822351122
- Utgivelsesår: 2011
- Bidragsyter: Weeks, Kathi
349,-
In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal pay, better work conditions, and the recognition of unpaid work as a valued form of labor, even they have tended to accept work as a naturalized or inevitable activity. Weeks argues that in taking work as a given, we have “depoliticized” it, or removed it from the realm of political critique. Employment is now largely privatized, and work-based activism in the United States has atrophied. We have accepted waged work as the primary mechanism for income distribution, as an ethical obligation, and as a means of defining ourselves and others as social and political subjects. Taking up Marxist and feminist critiques, Weeks proposes a postwork society that would allow people to be productive and creative rather than rele