A World Beyond Work?: Labour, Money and the Capitalist State Between Crisis and

Description: A World Beyond Work? by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, Frederick Harry Pitts This book mounts a forceful critique of fashionable thinking on the possibility of a post-work, post-capitalist society achieved through automation, a basic income and the reduction of working hours to zero, suggesting this popular utopia is nothing of the sort. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sensing a future beyond work lurking in an age of crisis, the post-capitalist utopias of today spread the idea of a permanent escape from work aided by the automation of production, a universal basic income and the reduction of working hours to zero. By skilfully unpicking the political economy of contemporary work and its futures, this book mounts a forceful critique of the post-work society vision. Dinerstein and Pitts reveal that transitional measures towards a world beyond work do not do enough to break away from the key features of capitalist society, and instead potentially stifle the capacity for transformative social change. Proposing an innovative alternative, the authors envision the construction of concrete utopias that shape and anticipate non-capitalist futures. Author Biography Ana Cecilia Dinerstein is a Reader in Sociology at the University of Bath. Frederick Harry Pitts is a Lecturer in Management at the University of Bristol. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Post-work, Post-capitalism, Post-what? An Introduction Chapter 2. Futures Past and Present: On Automation Chapter 3. The Post-Work Prospectus: On Labour Chapter 4. Productivist Mandates: On Value Chapter 5. Pennies from Heaven: On Money Chapter 6. Basic Income in One Country: On the State Chapter 7. Liquidating Labour Struggles? On Social Reproduction Chapter 8. Hope and Prefigurative Translation: On Utopia Review Ana Cecilia Dinerstein and Frederick Pitts book is a fundamental contribution to the debate on post-capitalist utopias. The Coronavirus crisis has accelerated the morbid symptoms of austerity-driven capitalism, and we must develop new strategies to escape the increasingly authoritarian trends of nation-states. A World Beyond Work offers a blueprint ready to develop a future against and beyond capitalism. This will be an essential read for the next decade. -- Dr Mònica Clua Losada, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyA World Beyond Work? is one of the great books of our generation. The future of work and the notion of basic income are topics on which every active citizen must form a view. Too often, these topics are discussed by referring to money and the state in an untheorised and, ultimately, naive way. Dinerstein and Pitts avoid these pitfalls by drawing on the work of Marx. Political issues and issues in the social sciences compete for attention and, sometimes, have an ephemeral feel. A World Beyond Work? is different. It is a landmark. We shall be consulting Dinerstein and Pitts for years. -- -Richard Gunn, co-founder of open MarxismAs we look towards building the economic order of the 21st century, post-capitalist and post-work visions capture the interest of many across the left and beyond. Dinerstein and Pitts undertake the necessary work of taking this stance seriously, offering a balanced, dense, thoughtful and enriching critique. -- -Alessandro Gandini, University of MilanThis is a timely and important book. In it, Dinerstein and Pitts carefully dissect loose arguments that automation and basic income necessarily promise a better future. Their theoretical and empirical rigour offer a vital corrective to misplaced and uncritical hope and invite scholars and activists to think carefully about the demands they are making, how, and why. -- -Neil Howard, University of BathThis book offers a scholarly contribution to studies of value, work, (un)employment, and social movements in the 21st Century. This is also a book about hope and creativity at a time of narrow horizons and bleak pessimism. It brings to us a world with new possibilities of freedom. Dinerstein and Pitts point to new pathways to this world – pathways broader than postwar social democracy, more radical than the traditional communist parties, and carefully attuned to our own times of overlapping crises of profitability, living standards, health and the environment. A must! -- -Alfredo Saad-Filho, Kings College LondonThis is a ground-breaking contribution to debates about the future of work, mechanisation and social reproduction. Anyone interested in these themes – and particularly the highly topical issue of universal basic income – should read Dinersteins and Pitts powerful critique. The authors offer a vital antidote to the technological utopianism widespread on the left today. -- Adrian Wilding, Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinWith an insightful combination of theoretical debates on political economy, the State and social change, this book offers a perceptive debunking of political practice today for a new radical horizon, this book is a must read in this dire times. -- Mariano Féliz, National University of La Plata.The book provides a sustained critique of the notion that we are on the verge of a post work society, where the travails of wage labour will be overcome by a fully automated production process, underpinned by a universal basic income. Grounded in Karl Marxs value theory of labour, the authors argue human emancipation cannot be dependent on state handouts; but, rather, on the everyday prefigurative struggles of grassroots social movements. Study this book. -- Mike Neary, Emeritus professor, University of Lincoln.Discussing the world to come is essential, but even more important is where we stand to enter this important debate. This book offers an open Marxist critique of the post-capitalist UBI and automation-based utopia by placing uncomfortable categories (value, money, state, and class struggle) at the center of the analysis to comprehend the contradictory dynamics and emancipatory power of concrete struggles (utopias) against the world of money. -- Luciana Ghiotto, University of San Martin.Dinerstein and Pitts strike a very fine balance between rigour and fluidity throughout the book, which makes it inviting for graduate students too. -- Daniel S. Lacerda, Work, Employment & Society Journal Promotional SocietyNow is a topical series of short, readable and accessible books, written by leading experts, on the events, phenomena and issues that define our 21st century world. Publishing quickly to provide a rapid response to a fast-changing world, the series covers political and economic events, and social and cultural trends, building to an authoritative collection of titles that explore and explain why our society is the way it is, now. SocietyNow makes the complexities of our world clear, drawing on the best scholarly minds to make the key issues of our times accessible to a wider audience. Review Quote With an insightful combination of theoretical debates on political economy, the State and social change, this book offers a perceptive debunking of political practice today for a new radical horizon, this book is a must read in this dire times. Promotional "Headline" SocietyNow is a topical series of short, readable and accessible books, written by leading experts, on the events, phenomena and issues that define our 21st century world. Publishing quickly to provide a rapid response to a fast-changing world, the series covers political and economic events, and social and cultural trends, building to an authoritative collection of titles that explore and explain why our society is the way it is, now. SocietyNow makes the complexities of our world clear, drawing on the best scholarly minds to make the key issues of our times accessible to a wider audience. Details ISBN1787691462 ISBN-10 1787691462 ISBN-13 9781787691469 Format Paperback Author Frederick Harry Pitts Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Language English Short Title A World Beyond Work? Subtitle Labour, Money and the Capitalist State Between Crisis and Utopia Year 2021 Publication Date 2021-01-15 DEWEY 331.01 Pages 232 UK Release Date 2021-01-15 Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited Place of Publication Bingley Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-01-15 NZ Release Date 2021-01-15 Series SocietyNow Alternative 9781787691438 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161770572;

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