Philosopher Looks at Work

Raymond Geuss' book explores the concept of work and its origins in industrial production, the incentives and compulsions societies use to get us to work, and the powerful hold which the work ethic has over us. He also looks at dissatisfaction with work and at various radical proposals for doing away with it, and at the seemingly irreversible growth of unemployment as a result of mechanisation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 150 pages
Publication date: 20 May 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so, why should we care? These questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey, which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography, and social commentary. Geuss delves into our concept of work and its origins in industrial production, the incentives and compulsions societies use to get us to work, and the powerful hold that the work ethic has over so many of us. He also examines dissatisfaction with work, which is as old as work itself, and at various radical proposals for doing away with it, and at the seemingly irreversible growth of unemployment as a result of mechanization. His book will interest anyone who wishes to understand the place of work in our world.

Geuss explores our concept of work and its origins in industrial production, the incentives and compulsions that societies use to get us to work, and the powerful hold that the work ethic has over so many of us. He also looks at dissatisfaction with work, which is as old as work itself, and at various radical proposals for doing away with it, and at the seemingly irreversible growth of unemployment as a result of mechanization.

His book will interest anyone who wishes to understand the place of work in our world.

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Weight: 252g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108930611