{"product_id":"post-work-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-how-we-get-there-9781350089983","title":"Post-Work: What It Is, Why It Matters and How We Get There","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? How do we make sure that the uncertain future into which we are heading is heavenly and not hellish? How can we take the pleasures of work with us and eliminate the pains?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The answer: we need a post-work vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Questioning the received wisdom that work is good for you, that you are what you do and that 'any job is a good job', \u003ci\u003ePost-work\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new challenge to the work-centred society. This timely book provides a vital introduction to the post-work debate - one of the most exciting political and theoretical currents of recent years. It explores not only what the future of work \u003ci\u003ewill\u003c\/i\u003e be like, but more importantly what the future of work \u003ci\u003eshould \u003c\/i\u003ebe like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Hester\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Gender, Technology and Cultural Politics at the University of West London, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Work: A History of the Home and the Fight for Free Time \u003c\/i\u003e(2023, with Nick Srnicek), \u003ci\u003eXenofeminism \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Stronge\u003c\/b\u003e is Co-Director of the Autonomy Institute, an independent research organisation focusing on issues relating to the future of work, welfare and climate. He is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eOvertime: Why We Need a Shorter Working Week\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) and the editor of \u003ci\u003eGeorges Bataille and Contemporary Thought\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51181930643730,"sku":"9781350089983","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_332ad63f-97be-4520-ba51-ec0a065b8e0e.jpg?v=1744409545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/post-work-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-how-we-get-there-9781350089983","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}