The Meaning of Work in a Sustainable Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9201136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Bellamy Foster (0000-0001-7418-3004, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-069-04-2017-08_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2752438653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
The idea of total liberation from work, in its one-sidedness and incompleteness, is ultimately incompatible with a genuinely sustainable society. The real promise of a system of labor beyond capitalism rests not so much on its expansion of leisure time, but rather on its capacity to generate a new world of creative and collective work, controlled by the associated producers.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Capitalism · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
Rethinking work, the right to work, and automation
Rethinking work for a just and sustainable future
The bottom line
Ecomodernist metaphors
AI, automation and the lightening of work
Work time reduction and economic democracy as climate change mitigation strategies
Working Hours and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the United States, 2007–2013
Thinking the future of work through the history of right to work claims
Technology and work
Repair and upcycling
Marx's "Species Being" as an Ontological Revolution Against the "Green City/Global City" Agenda
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |