- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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 (in social relations) and individual (in subjective experiences). These cannot be investigated separately. Rather than juxtapose economy with ethics (or the profitable with the good), the authors uncover complex entanglements between the drudgery experienced by most people in the course of making a living and ideals of emancipated personhood.
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Table of contents
- Work, Society, and the Ethical Self
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Meaning of “Free” Work
- Chapter 2. On the Meanings of Pleasure
- Chapter 3. Ethics of Work and Freedom in the Argentinean Andes
- Chapter 4. Pursuing Pleasure at Work
- Chapter 5. More Than Money
- Chapter 6. Capitalism, Overwork, and Polanyi’s Dialectics of Freedom
- Chapter 7. From Freedom to Loaf to Freedom to Work
- Chapter 8. Max Weber’s Heirs?
- Chapter 9. Click for Work: Rethinking Freedom
- Chapter 10. Unicorn-Makers Working for Freedom (and Monopolies)
- Chapter 11. Individuality, Teamwork, and Work Processes in a Financial Services Center in Germany
- Chapter 12. Writing without Fear-or Bylines
- Afterword
- Index