{"product_id":"resisting-work-the-corporatization-of-life-and-its-discontents-paperback-softback-9781439911136","title":"Resisting Work; The Corporatization of Life and Its Discontents (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439911136","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResisting Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Corporatization of Life and Its Discontents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Fleming (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439911136\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 January 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e21 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.244 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A job is no longer something we \"do,\" but instead something we \"are.\" As the boundaries between work and non-work have dissolved, we restructure ourselves and our lives using social ingenuity to get things done and be resourceful outside the official workday. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In his provocative book, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eResisting Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Peter Fleming insists that many jobs in the West are now regulated by a new matrix of power-biopower-where \"life itself\" is put to work through our ability to self-organize around formal rules. This neoliberal system of employment tries to absorb our life attributes--from our consumer tastes, \"downtime,\" and sexuality--into employment so that questions of human capital and resources replace questions of employee, worker, and labor.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Fleming then suggests that the corporation turns to communal life-what he calls \"the common\"-in order to reproduce itself and reinforce corporate culture.  Yet a resistance against this new definition of work is in effect, and Fleming shows how it may already be taking shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Introduction: Why Work?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 1  Come as You Are: The New Corporate Enclosure Movement\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 2  Common Matters\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 3  Why the Corporation Does Not Work: A Brief History\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 4  Corporate Culture and the Coming Bioproletariat\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 5  \"Free Work\" Capitalism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e 6  How to Resist Work Today\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Conclusion: Working after Neoliberalism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Notes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e References\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681223012632,"sku":"9781439911136","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/resisting-work-the-corporatization-of-life-and-its-discontents-paperback-softback-9781439911136","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}