Price: £22.50
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Well at Work. Hardback. By Esther M, MD Sternberg, Andrew Weil.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9780316542685
Price: £18.00
Brand: Reaktion Books
Description: Dreamwork is a book about the ideas, dreams, dreads and ideals we have regarding work. Its central argument is that, although we depend on the idea of work for our identity as humans, we feel we must disguise from ourselves the fact that we do not know what work is. There is no example of work that nobody might under some circumstances do for fun. All work is imaginary - which is not to say that it is simply illusory, but rather that, in order to count as work, it must be imagined to be work; so that a large part of what we mean by working is this work of imagining. Work is therefore essentially mystical - just the opposite of what it is taken to be. Dreamwork looks in turn at worries about whether or not work is hard; the importance of places of work; the meanings of hobbies, holidays and sabbaths; and the history of dreams of redeeming work.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781789147568
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781789147568
Price: £14.99
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Description: What 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? The answer: we need a post-work vision. Questioning the received wisdom that work is good for you, that you are what you do and that 'any job is a good job', Post-work 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 will be like, but more importantly what the future of work should be like.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781350089983
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781350089983
Price: £9.99
Brand: Pluto Press
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Description: *** Evening Standard's best non-fiction 2021***'A brilliant, searing exposé of the lies underpinning work' - Owen Jones' Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie | ??at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure, well-paying job in the future. Far from a gateway to riches and fulfilment, 'work' means precarity, anxiety and alienation. Amelia Horgan poses three big questions: what is work? How does it harm us? And what can we do about it? While abolishing work altogether is not the answer, Lost in Work shows that when we are able to take control of our workplaces, we become less miserable, and can work towards the transformative goal of experimenting with 'work' as we know it.
Category: Books
Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9780745340913
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780745340913
Price: £36.00
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Work Comes Out of Work. Hardback. By Richard Serra, Dirk Reinartz.
Category: Books
Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9783969993422
Price: £13.49
Brand: Lovereading
Description: The Work Is the Work. Hardback. By Brian C Johnson.
Category: Books
Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781506493374
Price: £16.99
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Description: This revised second edition of Social Work: The Basics is an insightful introduction to the often misrepresented world of social work. This accessible book presents a broad view of contemporary social work, exploring its roots and its possible future. It dispels myths surrounding social work, addresses media debates, and offers a balanced account of what social workers do. Arguing for a social work that is partisan in support of social justice, questions covered include: How did social work arise? How and why do people come into contact with social workers? What are the true aims of social work - to help or to control? What is the relationship between social work and social policy? How and why do people become social workers? What's it like to be a social worker? Can social work cross borders? Drawing examples from the full range of social work practice, this book is valuable reading for all individuals interested in the field of social work. It will provide a helpful introduction for students considering a career in social work, those beginning social work courses, and other professionals whose work brings them into contact with social workers.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9780367758295
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780367758295
Price: £14.99
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Description: Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious. With reference to sociological data, philosophy, political theory, legislation, the testimonies of workers and an eclectic mix of cultural texts - from Lucian Freud to Google, Anthony Giddens to selfies, Jean-Luc Nancy to Amy Winehouse - Pfannebecker and Smith lay out how the capitalism of globalized technologies has put our time, our subjectivities, our experiences and our desires to work in unprecedented ways. As every part of life is colonized by work without securing our livelihoods, new questions need to be asked: whether a nostalgia for work can save us, how ideas of work change conceptions of political community, how employment and unemployment alike have become malemployment, and whether the work of our desire online can be disentangled from capitalist exploitation. The biggest question, at a time when the end of work and a fully automated future are proclaimed by Silicon Valley idealists as well as by social democratic politicians and left-wing theorists, is this: how can we propose a post-work society and culture that we will actually want?.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781786997289
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781786997289
Price: £9.99
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description: Is work as we know it disappearing? And if so why should we care? These questions are explored by Raymond Geuss in this compact but sweeping survey which integrates conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary. Geuss explores our concept of work and its origins in industrial production, the incentives and compulsions which societies use to get us to work, and the powerful hold which the work ethic has over so many of us. He also looks at dissatisfaction with work - which is as old as work itself - and at various radical proposals for doing away with it, and at the seemingly irreversible growth of unemployment as a result of mechanisation. His book will interest anyone who wishes to understand the place of work in our world. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives. Cambridge University Press A Philosopher Looks at Work - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9781108930611
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781108930611
Price: £11.99
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Description: Whether it's working for free in exchange for 'experience', enduring poor treatment in the name of being 'part of the family', or clocking serious overtime for a good cause, more and more of us are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do work we enjoy. Work Won't Love You Back examines how we all bought into this 'labour of love' myth: the idea that certain work is not really work, and should be done for the sake of passion rather than pay. Through the lives and experiences of various workers | ??from the unpaid intern and the overworked teacher, to the nonprofit employee, the domestic worker and even the professional athlete | ??this compelling book reveals how we've all been tricked into a new tyranny of work. Sarah Jaffe argues that understanding the labour of love trap will empower us to work less and demand what our work is worth. Once freed, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure and satisfaction.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781787386822
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781787386822
Price: £9.99
Brand: HarperWave
Description: A practical guide to thriving at work, based on a popular course offered at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 'If you want work to work for you, read this book. If you wonder what your true work is, read this book." | ?? Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses. HarperWave How We Work, Self-Improvement & Colouring, Paperback, Leah Weiss - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Dimensions: 135x203mm
ISBN: 9780062565082
Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780062565082