Anti-work psychological investigations into its truths, problems, and solutions
"The first book to delineate anti-work in a systematic fashion by identifying and compiling positions from a wide spread of literature, The Psychology of Anti-Work defines the tenets of anti-work, reviews them from a psychological and historical point of view, and offers solutions to aid the av...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York ; London :
Routledge
[2022]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701323306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: What Is Anti-Work?
- Part One In Which Anti-Work Is Given Serious Consideration
- Chapter One The Tenets of Anti-Work
- Tenet 1
- Tenet 2
- Tenet 3
- Tenet 4
- Tenet 5
- Tenet 6
- Tenet 7
- Tenet 8
- Tenet 9
- Tenet 10
- Tenet 11
- Tenet 12
- Tenet 13
- Tenet 14
- Tenet 15
- Tenet 16
- Tenet 17
- Tenet 18
- Chapter Two Will, Bosses, and Consciousness
- Chapter Three Cults and Working From Home
- Cults and Work: Organizations as Cults
- Isolation
- Emotional Abuse
- Control
- Charismatic Leadership
- Working From Home
- Chapter Four The Asymmetry of At-Will Employment and Loss of Autonomy
- "Your Employment Is at Will"
- Non-Compete Clauses
- Corporations as "Private Government"
- Chapter Five The Unique Submission Required for Precarious Work
- Chapter Six Merit Misfires
- Chapter Seven Pushing Back
- Dropping Out
- Refusing to Work If Only Undesirable Jobs Are Available
- Refusal of Specific Work Requests
- Underworking
- Social Loafing
- Malingering
- Chapter Eight Doubtful Horizons
- Part Two In Which We Reflect On Some Possible Realities and Responses
- Chapter Nine Science and the Ox: Understanding Work and Workers
- Chapter Ten Representing the Worker: What We Might Do
- Treat Job Applicants Better
- Treat Workers as Experts
- Help Bosses Be Less Bossy
- Chapter Eleven Detachment: Lessons From the Bhagavad Gita
- Chapter Twelve Alignment of Efforts: Teilhard De Chardin
- Chapter Thirteen Thinking While You Work: Simone Weil
- Chapter Fourteen "Right Livelihood"
- Chapter Fifteen Note On Unions and Cooperatives
- Part Three Coda: Lessons From Parables, Koans, and Tales
- Chapter Lessons A-F
- Lesson A: Merit and the King of Death
- Lesson B: Retirement.
- Lesson C: What Should You Pay Your Contractor?
- Lesson D: The Old Anti-Work - Work as Curse
- Lesson E: Inequality at the Starting Line
- Lesson F: Humility in Work
- Chapter Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Suggested Further Reading
- Index.
