The Mythology of Work: How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself - Couverture rigide

Fleming, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745334873 ISBN 13 : 9780745334875

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There was once a time when ‘work’ was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life has slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless ritual, colonising almost every part of our lives - endless and inescapable. In The Mythology of Work, Peter Fleming examines how neoliberal society uses the ritual of work (and the threat of its denial) to maintain the late capitalist class order. As our society is transformed into a factory that never sleeps, work becomes a universal reference point for everything else, devoid of any moral or political worth. Blending critical theory with recent accounts of job related suicides, office-induced paranoia, fear of relaxation, managerial sadism and cynical corporate social responsibility campaigns, Fleming paints a bleak picture of neoliberal capitalism in which the economic and emotional dysfunctions of a society of wage slaves greatly outweigh its professed benefits.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Fleming is Professor of Business and Society at Cass Business School, City University London. He researches the changing politics of capitalist employment relations, and has written numerous books and journal articles on this topic. He is the author of Dead Man Working (Zero, 2012) and Contesting the Corporation (Cambridge, 2010).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0745334873
• ISBN 13: 9780745334875
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224