The dignity of labour
Cruddas, Jon2021
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Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots it politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest.
Main title:
The dignity of labour / Jon Cruddas.
Author:
Cruddas, Jon, author
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity, 2021.
Collation:
xi, 224 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781509540792 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
331.013
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1974529