Post-work society as an oxymoron: Why we cannot, and should not, wish work away

IF 2.3 1区 社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY
Jean-Philippe Deranty
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Abstract

In recent years, theorists have contended that we should move to a mode of social organisation where work and the values attached to it are no longer central, a ‘post-work society’. For these theorists, the modern ideology of work is intrinsically unjust, even irrational and no longer suited to the challenges of our time. The article presents an alternative response to the problems of work and employment. Rather than moving to a ‘post-work’ society, the article argues that we should transform the world of work, precisely by keeping in view why working is important to individuals and the community. In fact, it is not realistic to believe that human societies could ever do without work. Because human societies are by necessity work societies, and work, if organised correctly, entails many goods, we cannot really, and we should not, wish work away.
作为矛盾修辞法的后工作社会:为什么我们不能也不应该希望工作消失
近年来,理论家们主张,我们应该转向一种社会组织模式,在这种模式下,工作和与之相关的价值观不再是核心,这是一个“后工作社会”。对于这些理论家来说,现代的工作意识形态本质上是不公正的,甚至是非理性的,不再适合我们这个时代的挑战。这篇文章提出了对工作和就业问题的另一种回应。这篇文章认为,我们应该改变工作的世界,而不是进入“后工作”社会,确切地说,就是要认识到为什么工作对个人和社会都很重要。事实上,认为人类社会可以没有工作是不现实的。因为人类社会必然是劳动社会,而工作如果组织得当,会带来许多好处,我们不能、也不应该真的希望工作消失。
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期刊介绍: An internationally respected journal with a wide-reaching conception of social theory, the European Journal of Social Theory brings together social theorists and theoretically-minded social scientists with the objective of making social theory relevant to the challenges facing the social sciences in the 21st century. The European Journal of Social Theory aims to be a worldwide forum of social thought. The Journal welcomes articles on all aspects of the social, covering the whole range of contemporary debates in social theory. Reflecting some of the commonalities in European intellectual life, contributors might discuss the theoretical contexts of issues such as the nation state, democracy, citizenship, risk; identity, social divisions, violence, gender and knowledge.
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