LEADER 02970nam 2200541 450 001 9910797844703321 005 20210311111955.0 010 $a1-350-25115-1 010 $a1-78360-119-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350251151 035 $a(CKB)3710000000514038 035 $a(EBL)4397404 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4397404 035 $a(OCoLC)928883464 035 $a(CaBNVSL)9781350251151 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000514038 100 $a20210311h20212015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe refusal of work $ethe theory and practice of resistance to work /$fDavid Frayne 210 1$aLondon, England :$cZed Books,$d2015. 210 2$a[London, England] :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78360-118-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the work dogma -- A provocation -- Working pains -- The colonising power of work -- The stronghold of work -- The breaking point -- Alternative pleasures -- Half a person -- From escapism to autonomy. 330 $a"Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work centered world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment, is progressively more difficult to tolerate. In this thought provoking book, David Frayne questions the central place of work in mainstream political visions of the future, laying bare the ways in which economic demands colonise our lives and priorities. Drawing on his original research into the lives of people who are actively resisting nine-to-five employment, Frayne asks what motivates these people to disconnect from work, whether or not their resistance is futile, and whether they might have the capaciity to inspire an alternative form of development, based on a reduction and social redistribution of work. A crucial dissection of the work-centred nature of modern society and emerging resistance to it, 'The Refusal of Work' is a bold call for a more humane and sustainable vision of social progress"--Page four of cover. 606 $aEmployee rights 606 $aSocial justice 606 $aWork$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aPolitical economy$2bicssc 615 0$aEmployee rights. 615 0$aSocial justice. 615 0$aWork$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 7$aPolitical economy 676 $a331.011 700 $aFrayne$b David$01529874 801 0$bN 801 1$bCaBNVSL 801 2$bCaBNVSL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797844703321 996 $aThe refusal of work$93774403 997 $aUNINA