Undoing Work, Rethinking Community : : A Critique of the Social Function of Work / / James A. Chamberlain.

This revolutionary book presents a new conception of community and the struggle against capitalism. In Undoing Work, Rethinking Community, James A. Chamberlain argues that paid work and the civic duty to perform it substantially undermines freedom and justice. Chamberlain believes that to seize back...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1. The Ends of Work --
2. The Work Society --
3. Flexibility --
4. Unconditional Basic Income --
5. Community beyond Work --
6. The Postwork Community --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:This revolutionary book presents a new conception of community and the struggle against capitalism. In Undoing Work, Rethinking Community, James A. Chamberlain argues that paid work and the civic duty to perform it substantially undermines freedom and justice. Chamberlain believes that to seize back our time and transform our society, we must abandon the deep-seated view that community is constructed by work, whether paid or not. Chamberlain focuses on the regimes of flexibility and the unconditional basic income, arguing that while both offer prospects for greater freedom and justice, they also incur the risk of shoring up the work society rather than challenging it. To transform the work society, he shows that we must also reconfigure the place of paid work in our lives and rethink the meaning of community at a deeper level. Throughout, he speaks to a broad readership, and his focus on freedom and social justice will interest scholars and activists alike. Chamberlain offers a range of strategies that will allow us to uncouple our deepest human values from the notion that worth is generated only through labor.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501714887
9783110665871
9783110604252
9783110603255
9783110604016
9783110603231
DOI:10.1515/9781501714887?locatt=mode:legacy
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Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: James A. Chamberlain.