The Critique of Work in Modern French Thought From Charles Fourier t
What is work? Why do we do it? Since time immemorial the answer to these questions, from both the left and the right, has been that work is both a natural necessity and, barring exploitation, a social good. One might criticise its management, its compensa
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The Critique of Work in Modern French Thought From Charles Fourier to Guy Debord
Alastair Hemmens
Studies in Revolution and Literature Series Editors Bruno Bosteels Department of Latin American & Iberian Culture Columbia University New York, NY, USA Joshua Clover English & Comparative Literature University of California, Davis Davis, CA, USA
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Alastair Hemmens
The Critique of Work in Modern French Thought From Charles Fourier to Guy Debord
Alastair Hemmens Cardiff University Cardiff, UK
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