[D66] The Mythology of Work

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  The Mythology of Work


    How Capitalism Persists Despite Itself

Peter Fleming <https://www.plutobooks.com/author/peter-fleming>

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How neoliberal society has transformed the nature of work into a 
pointless ritual.

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There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival 
and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their 
family could eat. But the sun has long since set on this idyllic 
tableau, and what was once an integral part of life has slowly morphed 
into a painful and meaningless ritual, colonising almost every part of 
our lives - endless and inescapable.

In/The Mythology of Work/, Peter Fleming examines how neoliberal society 
uses the ritual of work (and the threat of its denial) to maintain the 
late capitalist class order. As our society is transformed into a 
factory that never sleeps, work becomes a universal reference point for 
everything else, devoid of any moral or political worth.

Blending critical theory with recent accounts of job related suicides, 
office-induced paranoia, fear of relaxation, managerial sadism and 
cynical corporate social responsibility campaigns, Fleming paints a 
bleak picture of neoliberal capitalism in which the economic and 
emotional dysfunctions of a society of wage slaves greatly outweigh its 
professed benefits.


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