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THE REFUSAL OF WORK - DAVID FRAYNE KARTONIERT (TB)

Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies  yet
today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy 
spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked  whilst
others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment  is progressively more difficult to
tolerate. In this thought-provoking book  David Frayne questions the central place of work in
mainstream political visions of the future  laying bare the ways in which economic demands
colonise our lives and priorities. Drawing on his original research into the lives of people
who are actively resisting nine-to-five employment  Frayne asks what motivates these people to
disconnect from work  whether or not their resistance is futile  and whether they might have
the capacity to inspire an alternative form of development  based on a reduction and social
redistribution of work. A crucial dissection of the work-centred nature of modern society and
emerging resistance to it  The Refusal of Work is a bold call for a more humane and sustainable
vision of social progress.

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