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The Mythology of Work

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Once, work was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation: the farmer ploughed his land so that his family could eat. In contrast, today work has slowly morphed into a painful and meaningless ritual for many, colonizing almost every part of our day, endless and inescapable. In The Mythology of Work , Peter Fleming examines how neoliberal society uses the ritual of work—and the threat of its denial—to maintain the late capitalist class order. Work becomes a universal reference point, devoid of any moral or political worth, transforming our society into a factory that never sleeps. Blending critical theory with recent accounts of job-related suicides, office-induced paranoia, fear of relaxation, managerial sadism, and cynical corporate social responsibility campaigns, Fleming paints a bleak picture of a society in which economic and emotional disasters greatly outweigh any professed benefits.

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  • Fleming, Peter, 2015. "The Mythology of Work," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, number 9780745334868, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:ucp:bkecon:9780745334868
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    1. Kociatkiewicz, Jerzy & Kostera, Monika, 2018. "After retrotopia? The future of organizing and the thought of Zygmunt Bauman," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 335-342.
    2. David Courpasson & Dima Younès & Michael Ivor Reed, 2021. "Durkheim in the Neoliberal Organization : Taking Resistance and Solidarity Seriously," Post-Print hal-03273207, HAL.
    3. Dorothy C. Suskind, 2023. "The psychopath in the corner office: A multigenre," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 135-157, January.
    4. Emily S. Block & Ante Glavas & Michael J. Mannor & Laura Erskine, 2017. "Business for Good? An Investigation into the Strategies Firms Use to Maximize the Impact of Financial Corporate Philanthropy on Employee Attitudes," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 146(1), pages 167-183, November.
    5. Matthew Sinnicks, 2021. "“We Ought to Eat in Order to Work, Not Vice Versa”: MacIntyre, Practices, and the Best Work for Humankind," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 174(2), pages 263-274, November.
    6. Jerzy Kociatkiewicz & Monika Kostera, 2018. "After retrotopia? The future of organizing and the thought of Zygmunt Bauman," Post-Print hal-02400973, HAL.

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