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<h1 class="pp-book__title">The Mythology of Work</h1>
<h2 class="pp-book__subtitle">How Capitalism Persists Despite
Itself</h2>
<p class="pp-book__author"> <a
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Fleming</a> </p>
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idyllic tableau, and what was once an integral part of life has
slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless ritual, colonising
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transformed into a factory that never sleeps, work becomes a
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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.<br>
<br>
In<em> The Mythology of Work</em>, 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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
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