{"product_id":"problem-with-work","title":"Problem with Work","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal pay, better work conditions, and the recognition of unpaid work as a valued form of labor, even they have tended to accept work as a naturalized or inevitable activity. Weeks argues that in taking work as a given, we have “depoliticized” it, or removed it from the realm of political critique. Employment is now largely privatized, and work-based activism in the United States has atrophied. We have accepted waged work as the primary mechanism for income distribution, as an ethical obligation, and as a means of defining ourselves and others as social and political subjects. Taking up Marxist and feminist critiques, Weeks proposes a postwork society that would allow people to be productive and creative rather than relentlessly bound to the employment relation. Work, she contends, is a legitimate, even crucial, subject for political theory.","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220501483864,"sku":"9780822350965","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780822350965_c104c1e2-fb05-4848-a0ae-1028270424da.jpg?v=1778496355","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/problem-with-work","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}