The Case for Work
Author:   Jean-Philippe Deranty (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   432
Publication Date:   07 November 2024
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The Case for Work


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Author:   Jean-Philippe Deranty (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9780192887146


ISBN 10:   0192887149
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   07 November 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: THE CASE AGAINST WORK 1: A modern value 2: The work ethic 3: Abstract labour 4: Work as discipline 5: Aristotelian objections 6: Nihilistic work 7: The imminent obsolescence of work 8: The social and political irrelevance of work PART II: THE CASE FOR WORK 9: Feminism's ambivalent attitude to work 10: The work of social reproduction 11: The long history of work 12: The social centrality of work 13: Facing necessity 14: Organizing necessity Conclusion: Transcending necessity

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Jean-Philippe Deranty is Professor of Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has published extensively on Hegel and post-Hegelian philosophy and the philosophy of work.

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