Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism
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- Author：Amelia Horgan
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Summary
'Work hard， get paid。' It's simple。 Self-evident。 But it's also a lie—at least for most of us。 For young people today， the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure， well-paying job in the future。 Far from equating to riches and fulfillment， 'work' increasingly means precarity， anxiety and alienation。 Amelia Horgan poses three big questions: what is work？ How does it harm us？ And what can we do about it？ Along the way， she explores the many facets of work under capitalism: its encroachment on our personal lives; the proliferation of temporary and zero-hours contracts; burnout; and how different jobs are gendered or racialized。 While abolishing work altogether is not the answer， Lost in Work shows that when workers are able to take control of their workplaces， they become less miserable， and even open doors allowing them to fight back against the elite。
Reviews
Max
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There’s so much ground covered in this short book。 Amelia Horgan has a knack for creating threads between everything from pop culture to academic theory in a way which is accessible yet intricate， and fun despite the depressing injustices discussed。 Karl Marx may have had gothic metaphors， but he didn’t have an analysis of Britney Spears’ “Work Bitch”。Lost in Work is full of fascinating insights and left me with food for thought and a dozen topics I’d like to explore further。 I’ll be discussing There’s so much ground covered in this short book。 Amelia Horgan has a knack for creating threads between everything from pop culture to academic theory in a way which is accessible yet intricate， and fun despite the depressing injustices discussed。 Karl Marx may have had gothic metaphors， but he didn’t have an analysis of Britney Spears’ “Work Bitch”。Lost in Work is full of fascinating insights and left me with food for thought and a dozen topics I’d like to explore further。 I’ll be discussing and revisiting it for a long time。 。。。more
E
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4。5 stars rounded up！This book was so well written and accessible - I studied politics and have read Marxist texts but this book explained a lot to me in simple terms that I definitely had a vague grasp on but would have struggled to articulate before。 It was digestible and easy to read but also interesting - I particularly liked the framing of the chapter on climate crisis and also thinking through what work actually is。 I also learnt about some interesting things in the chapter on unions e。g。 4。5 stars rounded up！This book was so well written and accessible - I studied politics and have read Marxist texts but this book explained a lot to me in simple terms that I definitely had a vague grasp on but would have struggled to articulate before。 It was digestible and easy to read but also interesting - I particularly liked the framing of the chapter on climate crisis and also thinking through what work actually is。 I also learnt about some interesting things in the chapter on unions e。g。 the Lucas plan that I hadn't encountered before。The only thing I'd like to have seen more of is the 'escaping capitalism' aspect。 This perhaps was just that I had slightly misplaced expectations for the book but I would have liked a longer and fuller explanation of potential alternatives because I think this is something that I often struggle with in conversations with others。 I have been a long term critic of work （lol） but in the face of capitalist realism find it difficult to articulate alternatives that can get through to others and thought that this book might help more with that but I think that was perhaps not the author's intention with this book （maybe the author could do a sequel/companion？！）。Overall， this book provides a sorely needed alternative to discussion on work which I often think amounts to either （often dry/inaccessible） academic theory about work or leftist memes。 This book is great especially if you want an overview of lots of different aspects of thinking on work which will enable you to go on to do further reading。 I am excited to read more from this writer。 。。。more
Sarah Jaffe
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