The Politics and Ethics of Contemporary Work: Whither Work?

ISBN-13: 9780367198060 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Keith Breen; Jean-Philippe Deranty

Opis

Bringing together leading international scholars within the fields of social and political theory and philosophy, this book explores how we should understand work and its role(s) in our lives and wider society.

Spis treści

1 Whither Work? The Politics and Ethics of Contemporary Work  2 Work as a Realm of Social Freedom  3 The Future of Meaningfulness in Work, Organizations, and Systems  4 Work and Human Nature in Hegel and Marx  5 Leisure and Respect for Working People  6 Contesting the Work-Spend Cycle: The Liberal Egalitarian Case against Consumerism  7 No Masters Above: Testing Five Arguments for Self-Employment  8 Automation, Basic Income, and Merit  9 Marginal Liberalism  10 Workplace Democracy and Republican Freedom  11 Democratizing Workplaces from Below: Beyond Workplace Republicanism  12 A Just Transition to a Sustainable Economy: Green Political Economy, Labour Republicanism, and the Liberation from Economic Growth  13 Democratic Work: Grounds, Models, and Implications  14 Proletarian Democracy: What Can We Learn from the Soviet Experience?  15 Open Borders and (Post-)Work