Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy. Work, Society, and the Ethical Self : : Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era /

Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy. Work, Society, and the Ethical Self : : Chimeras of Freedom in the Neoliberal Era / / ed. by Chris Hann.

Primarily on the basis of ethnographic case-studies from around the world, this volume links investigations of work to questions of personal and professional identity and social relations. In the era of digitalized neoliberalism, particular attention is paid to notions of freedom, both collective (i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Angé, Olivia,
Awal, Akanksha,
Cefkin, Melissa,
Dąbkowska, Magdalena,
Gershon, Ilana,
Hann, Chris,
Jones, Deborah A.,
Kauppinen, Anna-Riikka,
Lenhard, Johannes,
Miller, Katherine J. L.,
Rajković, Ivan,
Rao, Yichen,
Santos, Gonçalo,
Smith, Rachel E.,
Spittler, Gerd,
Terpe, Sylvia,
Xing, Jack L.,
Zhang, Jun,
HerausgeberIn:
Hann, Chris,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy ; 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Work and Ethics in Anthropology
  • 1 The Meaning of “Free” Work Service as a Gift, and Labor as a Commodity for Ni-Vanuatu Labor Migrants
  • 2 On the Meanings of Pleasure: Work, Ethics, and Freedom in the Hunza Valley
  • 3 Ethics of Work and Freedom in the Argentinean Andes: Value Creation and Virtuous Self-Crafting through Miniature Production
  • 4 Pursuing Pleasure at Work: Friendship and Precarity at North Indian Call Centers
  • 5 More Than Money: Work as Self-Realization in Accra’s Private Media
  • 6 Capitalism, Overwork, and Polanyi’s Dialectics of Freedom: Emerging Visions of Work–Life Balance in Contemporary Urban China
  • 7 From Freedom to Loaf to Freedom to Work: The Late Socialist Countermovement and Liberalization from Below in Yugoslavia
  • 8 Max Weber’s Heirs? Work and Ethics among Small Business Owners in East Germany
  • 9 Click for Work: Rethinking Freedom through Online Work Distribution Platforms
  • 10 Unicorn-Makers Working for Freedom (and Monopolies) The Work of Venture Capital Investors
  • 11 Individuality, Teamwork, and Work Processes in a Financial Services Center in Germany
  • 12 Writing without Fear—or Bylines: Freedom and Frustration among US American Ghostwriters
  • Afterword
  • Index

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