Год выпуска: 1994 Автор: Andre Gorz, Chris Turner Издательство: Verso Страниц: 148 ISBN: 0860916472
Описание
In this major new book, Andre Gorz expands on the political implications of his prescient and influential Paths to Paradise and Critique of Economic Reason. Against the background of technological developments which have transformed the nature of work and the structure of the workforce, Gorz explores the new political agendas facing both left and right. Each is in disarray: the right, torn between the demands of capital and the "traditional values" of its supporters, can only offer illusory solutions, while the left either capitulates to these or remains tempted by regressive, "fundamentalist" projects inappropriate to complex modern societies. Identifying the grave risks posed by a dual society with a hyperactive minority of full-time workers confronting a silenced majority who are, at best, precariously employed, Gorz proposes a new definition of a key social conflict within Western societies in terms of the distribution of work and the form and content of non-working time. Taking...
