Synthesis philosophica, Vol. 40 No. 1, 2025.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp40109
Precarious Labor and Everyday Life
Miloš Perović
orcid.org/0009-0008-9676-8538
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Dr Zorana Đinđića 2, RS–21102 Novi Sad
Sažetak
In this paper, the author aims to use the legacy of Marxist criticism of everyday life in order to analyse the phenomenon of precarious labour in contemporary society. Given that the question of alienation of labour holds a central place in Marxist interpretations of everyday life, it begs the question how precarity, as the absolute alienation of labour, impacts daily lives of individuals engaged in insecure employment. The author’s fundamental stance is that the precarity of labour is a structural characteristic of the capitalist mode of production, whose manifestations evolve in accordance with technological progress. In line with this perspective, the author follows Marx’s general law of capitalist accumulation outlined in Chapter 25, Volume 1 of Capital with a vivid description of the “surplus population” or “industrial reserve army”. At the core of this study is the question of how contemporary manifestations of precarious labour influence everyday life of the precariat.
Ključne riječi
precarious labour; everyday life; insecurity; uncertainty; sociology of everyday life; Marxism; alienation of labor; Karel Kosík; Ágnes Heller; Henri Lefebvre
Hrčak ID:
332062
URI
Datum izdavanja:
11.6.2025.
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