Description
***Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***
'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones 'Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie-at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' means precarity, anxiety and alienation. Amelia Horgan poses three big questions: what is work? How does it harm us? And what can we do about it? While abolishing work altogether is not the answer, Lost in Work shows that when we are able to take control of our workplaces, we become less miserable, and can work towards the transformative goal of experimenting with 'work' as we know it.Author: Amelia Horgan
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 06/20/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.75h x 5.15w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780745340913
ISBN10: 0745340911
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Labor | General
- Social Science | Discrimination
- Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness
About the Author
Amelia Horgan is a writer, researcher and activist. She is currently writing a PhD on work in the feminist political imaginary at the University of Essex. She has written for various publications, including Tribune, the Guardian and VICE, and is involved in various campaigning initiatives, including London Young Labour.