Professional paper
"The Abolition of Work" as an Ideological Critique of Capitalism
Aleksej Kišjuhas
Abstract
This paper focuses on the idea of «the abolition of work» outlined by Bob Black in 1985 in the essay under the same name. Beside presenting and analyzing Bob Black’s ideas, some of the author’s other ideas as well as his opponents and critics will be discussed. Also, anthropological fi ndings relevant for comprehending these theoretical/ideological orientations on the basis of which certain work-abolishment theorists (try to) build their (scientifi c) legitimacy are put forward. Special attention has been directed to the ideological content of the concept of work and (supra) ideological content of Black’s critique of work as a concept in the sense in which K. Mannheim and A. Gouldner use it.
Keywords
abolition of work; Bob Black; game; anarchoprimitivism; capitalism; hunters-gatherers; ideology
Hrčak ID:
4431
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2006.
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