Weeks The Problem with Work

Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9472-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: a John Hope Franklin Center Book

The Problem with Work develops a Marxist feminist critique of the structures and ethics of work, as well as a perspective for imagining a life no longer subordinated to them.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weeks, Kathi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction. The Problem with Work 1

1. Mapping the Work Ethic 37

2. Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work 79

3. Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income 113

4. "Hours for What We Will": Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours 151

5. The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope 175

Epilogue. A Life beyond Work 227

Notes 235

References 255

Index 275

Über Autor(innen)

Kathi Weeks is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Constituting Feminist Subjects and a co-editor of The Jameson Reader.