{"product_id":"book-hd8q","title":"The Problem with Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal pay, better work conditions, and the recognition of unpaid work as a valued form of labor, even they have tended to accept work as a naturalized or inevitable activity. Weeks argues that in taking work as a given, we have “depoliticized” it, or removed it from the realm of political critique. Employment is now largely privatized, and work-based activism in the United States has atrophied. We have accepted waged work as the primary mechanism for income distribution, as an ethical obligation, and as a means of defining ourselves and others as social and political subjects. Taking up Marxist and feminist critiques, Weeks proposes a postwork society that would allow people to be productive and creative rather than relentlessly bound to the employment relation. Work, she contends, is a legitimate, even crucial, subject for political theory. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Audible","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50780186804528,"sku":"ZEhd8q","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49355669045552,"sku":"10hd8q","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hd8q-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771986495","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hd8q","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}