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The Return of Work in Critical Theory : Self, Society, Politics / Emmanuel Renault, Nicholas H. Smith, Jean-Philippe Deranty, Christophe Dejours.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Directions in Critical Theory ; 56Publisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231187282
  • 9780231547185
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 158.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BF481 .R455 2018
  • BF481 .D458 2018
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- PART I: Worries About Work -- Chapter One. Unemployment and Precarious Work -- Chapter Two. Work-Life Imbalance, Disrespect at Work, and Meaningless Work -- PART II: The Subject at Work -- Chapter Three. The Technical Dimension -- Chapter Four. Dynamics of Recognition -- PART III: A Critical Conception of Work -- Chapter Five. Justice and Autonomy as Norms of Work -- Chapter Six. Two Models of Critique -- PART IV: Performance Evaluation -- Chapter Seven. Managerialism Versus Cooperative Management -- Chapter Eight. From Theory to Practice: Intervention in an Enterprise -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- INDEX
Summary: From John Maynard Keynes's prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our lives. This is not only because of the amount of time people spend on the job. Many of our deepest hopes and fears are bound up in our labor-what jobs we perform, how we relate to others, how we might flourish.The Return of Work in Critical Theory presents a bold new account of the human significance of work and the human costs of contemporary forms of work organization. A collaboration among experts in philosophy, social theory, and clinical psychology, it brings together empirical research with incisive analysis of the political stakes of contemporary work. The Return of Work in Critical Theory begins by looking in detail at the ways in which work today fails to meet our expectations. It then sketches a phenomenological description of work and examines the normative premises that underlie the experience of work. Finally, it puts forward a novel conception of work that can renew critical theory's engagement with work and point toward possibilities for transformation. Inspired by Max Horkheimer's vision of critical theory as empirically informed reflection on the sources of social suffering with emancipatory intent, The Return of Work in Critical Theory is a lucid diagnosis of the malaise and pathologies of contemporary work that proposes powerful remedies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- PART I: Worries About Work -- Chapter One. Unemployment and Precarious Work -- Chapter Two. Work-Life Imbalance, Disrespect at Work, and Meaningless Work -- PART II: The Subject at Work -- Chapter Three. The Technical Dimension -- Chapter Four. Dynamics of Recognition -- PART III: A Critical Conception of Work -- Chapter Five. Justice and Autonomy as Norms of Work -- Chapter Six. Two Models of Critique -- PART IV: Performance Evaluation -- Chapter Seven. Managerialism Versus Cooperative Management -- Chapter Eight. From Theory to Practice: Intervention in an Enterprise -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- INDEX

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From John Maynard Keynes's prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our lives. This is not only because of the amount of time people spend on the job. Many of our deepest hopes and fears are bound up in our labor-what jobs we perform, how we relate to others, how we might flourish.The Return of Work in Critical Theory presents a bold new account of the human significance of work and the human costs of contemporary forms of work organization. A collaboration among experts in philosophy, social theory, and clinical psychology, it brings together empirical research with incisive analysis of the political stakes of contemporary work. The Return of Work in Critical Theory begins by looking in detail at the ways in which work today fails to meet our expectations. It then sketches a phenomenological description of work and examines the normative premises that underlie the experience of work. Finally, it puts forward a novel conception of work that can renew critical theory's engagement with work and point toward possibilities for transformation. Inspired by Max Horkheimer's vision of critical theory as empirically informed reflection on the sources of social suffering with emancipatory intent, The Return of Work in Critical Theory is a lucid diagnosis of the malaise and pathologies of contemporary work that proposes powerful remedies.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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