Dreamwork: Why All Work Is Imaginary Reaktion books 9781789147568 'This a

'This is a delight of a book. It takes the seemingly innocuous concept of "work" and shows how central our understanding of it is to our collective understanding of the world. A must-read.' - Colin MacCabe, editor of Critical Quarterly 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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ISBN: 9781789147568
Язык: Английский
Объем: 256
Автор: Connor S.,Connor S.
Формат: Твёрдый,139x215
Издательство: Reaktion books
Год: 2023
Количество страниц: 256
Переплет: Твёрдый
Count: 1
Авторы: Connor S.
Год публикации: 2023
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