The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries 0822350963, 9780822350965
In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a so
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English Pages 304 Year 2011
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Problem with Work
Chapter 1: Mapping the Work Ethic
Chapter 2: Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work
Chapter 3: Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income
Chapter 4: ‘‘Hours for What We Will’’: Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours
Chapter 5: The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope
Epilogue: A Life beyond Work
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Problem with Work
Chapter 1: Mapping the Work Ethic
Chapter 2: Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work
Chapter 3: Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income
Chapter 4: ‘‘Hours for What We Will’’: Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours
Chapter 5: The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope
Epilogue: A Life beyond Work
Notes
References
Index
