{"product_id":"the-dignity-of-labour-paperback-softback-9781509540792","title":"The Dignity of Labour (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509540792","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Dignity of Labour\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJon Cruddas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509540792, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 13.5 x 2 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book seeks to re-establish Labour as the party of work. It is an ambitious and essential read for anyone interested in how our movement can rebuild.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Dignity of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e is an angry book: an exasperated \u003ci\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/i\u003e from a politician who believes his party risks losing not only more elections, but also its grip on [its] historic mission’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘a trenchant reassertion of the centrality of work in the politics of the common good’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘a call to arms for a coherent philosophy with which to define the [Labour Party]—something desperately needed by its current leader Keir Starmer’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProspect\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Timely [and] engaging'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Ranging brilliantly across economics, ethics, politics, even film, this humane and hopeful book points the way to a new politics of the common good. It is essential reading for everyone who cares about repairing our civic life.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sandel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘In this short book Jon Cruddas upends the assumptions of the modern left and offers a route back to relevance. Anchored in the moving story of loss, humiliation and resilience in Dagenham, he revives an exiled political tradition to restore the prospect of dignity and hope. In a time when we’ve briefly remembered the value of work, Cruddas reminds us there is nothing inevitable about the future. Surely among the most important political works of the coming decade, \u003ci\u003eThe Dignity of Labour\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first, genuinely original answer to the question we are frequently asked: what is Labour for?’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Nandy MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘Humane, intelligent and accessible. This wonderful book shows that dignity for workers must be at the heart of the post-Covid economy – and shape the future of work itself. A must-read for everyone on the left – and far beyond.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘Work is at the heart of a meaningful life. Its degradation has left people humiliated. Neither liberal technocracy nor far-left “end-of-work” utopias offer radical hope. This is one of the most important books written during the long interregnum since the 2009 financial crisis. It offers a deeper diagnosis than any binary analysis by showing how liberal democracy allied to capitalism commodifies work and incubates authoritarian populism. Played out in the history of his Dagenham constituency, Cruddas’ conception of community, nation and citizenship is anchored in a politics of work. Such a renewed public philosophy for the left can give people a more dignified life. A must-read for everyone interested in the future of social democracy and political pluralism.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Pabst, Professor of Politics at Kent and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Demons of Liberal Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘… this book is a crucial, fixed marker in a political fog. Buy it and hold on to it.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eManchester Review of Books\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Cruddas with this work deserves to be part of mainstream thinking in the Labour Party and his ideas, if adopted, cannot help but improve Labour’s still-faltering electoral chances.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Conservative Woman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoes work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots it politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest.\u003c\/p\u003e This timely book is a brilliant intervention in the highly contentious debate on the future of work, as well as an ambitious account of how the left must rediscover its animating purpose or risk irrelevance.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Work and the Modern World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics and Belonging\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDegradation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthoritarian Populism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of Work?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePragmatic Confusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen Worked Stopped\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Way Ahead\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I The Economics of Labour\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Labour Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDagenham and the 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-war Pluralism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassical Economics and the Labour Problem\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Corporate State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Made in Dagenham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1969\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Miracle Cures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStepping Stones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Classical Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShock Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnity in Dagenham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiracle Cure?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 New Labour\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeo-Classical Labour?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDonovan’s Early Influence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreasury Utility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRights, Equality and Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlair\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClosing-Down Sale – Everything Must Go\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlair and Brown United\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIgnored Not Wiped Out\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Labour Problem’t\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Return to Marx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Utopia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValue Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork and Marxism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading Marx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes Part II The Ethics of Labour\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Dignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDagenham Labour\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Public Philosopher Comes to Town\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Work?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Dagenham Capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDignity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalking Heads\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What Do We Think and What’s Going to Happen?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Technology Is not Destiny’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Justice and the Left\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Speeches\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics, Morality and Justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking Socialism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Different Marxism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Different Labour\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking the Oxford School\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootnote: Tony Blair – The Road Not Taken\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Human Labour and Radical Hope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Culture Dies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadical Hope\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political 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