Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time - Couverture souple

Suzman, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1526605023 ISBN 13 : 9781526605023

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

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'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari

'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times

'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain

'Illuminating' - New Statesman
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A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present

The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.

How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Suzman is an anthropologist specialising in the Khoisan peoples of southern Africa. A recipient of the Smuts Commonwealth Fellowship in African Studies at Cambridge University, he is now the director of Anthropos Ltd, a think tank that applies anthropological methods to solving contemporary social and economic problems. He has written for publications including the New York Times, the Observer, the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Independent, and has advised organisations including the Foreign Office, the World Bank and the European Commission. He lives in Cambridge.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance. How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before? Leading anthropologist James Suzman charts a revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526605023
• ISBN 13: 9781526605023
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas