The Right to Be Lazy: Essays by Paul Lafargue - Couverture souple

Lafargue, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849350868 ISBN 13 : 9781849350860

Editeur : AK Press, 2012

Synopsis

At once a masterpiece of critical theory and rip-roaring radical humor, this is one of the most spirited attacks on the notion of the "work ethic" ever to be published. Featuring a revised edition of the original English translation by Charles Hope Kerr, this collection also includes four of Paul Lafargue's lesser-known critiques (including the "Catechism for Investors"), as well as a biographical sketch by longtime Wobbly organizer Fred Thompson and a new introduction. Released in collaboration with Kerr Company to celebrate their 125th anniversary year.

Paul Lafargue (1842?-1911) was a Cuban-born socialist revolutionary.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

I'm delighted that this scholarly, informative and revealing edition of Lafargue's great anti-work polemic has come out. The ideas are even more relevant to today's enslaved societies than they were when they were first written. --Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler, www.idler.co.uk

In an era stuck between exhaustion and despair, too much stupid work on one hand, only exceeded by the vast waste of the unemployed, it's high time we revisit the deep radicalism of our nineteenth century forebears. Twenty-first century Nowtopians are inventing new ways to work and to not work - following the inspired work of Paul Lafargue. --Chris Carlsson, author of Nowtopia, www.nowtopians.com

Présentation de l'éditeur

At once a masterpiece of critical theory and rip-roaring radical humor, this is one of the most spirited attacks on the notion of the 'work ethic' ever to be published! Featuring a revised edition of the original English translation by Charles Hope Kerr, this collection also includes four of Paul Lafargue's lesser-known critiques (including the 'Catechism for Investors'), as well as a biographical sketch by longtime Wobbly organizer Fred Thompson and a new introduction by Bay Area print activist Bernard Marszalek. Released in collaboration with the Kerr Company to celebrate their 125th anniversary year, and including a tribute to Kerr by labour journalist Kari Lydersen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AK Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849350868
• ISBN 13: 9781849350860
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Éditeur: Marszalek Bernard
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible