The Tyranny of the Task | Josh Gabert-Doyon

a time of “total work,” a state of existence in which work is such a powerful force that almost everyone ends up identifying as a worker first and foremost. The idea of total work was inspired by the German philosopher Josef Pieper, who first wrote about it in his book Leisure, The Basis of Culture. Writing in Germany after World War II, Pieper was

Le mot « travail » est un monolithe qui doit être décomposé. Il recouvre dans un sens étroit les métiers requérant l’énergie physique de ceux qu’on appelle justement travailleurs, soit urbains (ouvriers d’industrie, maçons, éboueurs), soit ruraux (ouvriers agricoles, métayers, fermiers, etc.). Dans un sens large, il concerne toutes les activités pr

Even for the most creative workers, autonomy has turned out to be transitory and unsustainable, or it has been an effect of identification with employers’ interests.