From John Maynard Keynes’s prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our lives. This is not only because of the amount of time people spend on the job. Many of our deepest hopes and fears are bound up in our labor―what jobs we perform, how we relate to others, how we might flourish. The Return of Work in Critical Theory presents a bold new account of the human significance of work and the human costs of contemporary forms of work organization. A collaboration among experts in philosophy, social theory, and clinical psychology, it brings together empirical research with incisive analysis of the political stakes of contemporary work. The Return of Work in Critical Theory begins by looking in detail at the ways in which work today fails to meet our expectations. It then sketches a phenomenological description of work and examines the normative premises that underlie the experience of work. Finally, it puts forward a novel conception of work that can renew critical theory’s engagement with work and point toward possibilities for transformation. Inspired by Max Horkheimer’s vision of critical theory as empirically informed reflection on the sources of social suffering with emancipatory intent, The Return of Work in Critical Theory is a lucid diagnosis of the malaise and pathologies of contemporary work that proposes powerful remedies.

The Return of Work in Critical Theory: Self, Society, Politics (New Directions in Critical Theory, 55)

Business & Money

Dejours, Christophe

Smith, Nicholas H.

Deranty, Jean-Philippe

Renault, Emmanuel

Business Culture

Columbia University Press

Psychopathology of Work: Clinical Observations (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series)

This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of wo

Psychopathology of Work (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series)

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Routledge

This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of workplace harassment and one in her aggressor); and a suicide. Each is explored in detail, from aetiology to treatment, bringing into sharp relief the differences between conventional analysis and the interpretation of material in light of the reference to work. These studies have been written by psychoanalysts and may be used as a training resource for practitioners and students alike. For any professional or researcher involved in the world of work, these observations will offer a deeper understanding of this particular work-related mental pathology which characterises the development of our contemporary society.

Le corps entre biologie et psychanalyse: Essai d'interprétation comparée (Collection Science de l'homme) (French Edition)

Payot *

Les Dissidences du corps: Répression et subversion en psychosomatique

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Le Corps, d'abord: Corps biologique, corps érotique et sens moral

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Ce qu'il y a de meilleur en nous: Travailler et honorer la vie

Souffrance en France: La banalisation de l'injustice sociale

POINTS

Psicossomática e Teoria do Corpo

Mental Health

Blucher

Primeiro, o corpo: corpo biológico, corpo erótico e senso moral (Portuguese Edition)

Editora Dublinense

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