Cruddas, Jon
The Dignity of Labour
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509540792
- author:
- Cruddas, Jon
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 216
- Dimensions:
- 21.7 x 13.9 x 1.9 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, Economic Conditions,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Jon Cruddas argues that work is not just a necessary evil, but a source of purpose and meaning. In this book, he challenges the idea that technology will soon make work obsolete, and instead calls for a politics that is rooted in the workplace. Cruddas examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work, and critiques the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism. He makes a strong case for an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest, and argues that this is the key to the left's relevance in the modern world.
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