New Philosophies of Labour

by Smith, Nicholas H.; Deranty, Jean-Philippe

• ISBN13: 9789004209763
• ISBN10: 900420976X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-31
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

One of the most vexing questions in contemporary political philosophy and social theory concerns the framework within which to undertake a normatively well-grounded, empirically attuned critique of capitalist society. This volume takes the debate forward by proposing a new framework that emphasizes the central anthropological significance of work (its role in constituting human subjectivity) as well as the role work has in the formation of social bonds. Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel and the post-Hegelian tradition of critical social theory, special attention is given to the significance of recognition in work, the problems of misrecognition generated in the present culture of capitalism, and the normative resources available for criticising it.

Table of Contents

Volume Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Work, Recognition and the Social Bond: Changing Paradigms	p. 1
From Hegel to Institutionalism
The Role of Work within the Processes of Recognition in Hegel's Idealism	p. 41
The Legacy of Hegelian Philosophy and the Future of Critical Theory	p. 63
Recognition Theory and Institutional Labour Economics	p. 101
Critique, Norm and Work
The Political Invisibility of Work and its Philosophical Echoes	p. 133
Expression and Cooperation as Norms of Contemporary Work	p. 151
Three Normative Models of Work	p. 181
Work and Subjectivity: Towards a Philosophical Anthropology
From the Psychopathology to the Psychodynamics of Work	p. 209
Care as Work: Mutual Vulnerabilities and Discrete Knowledge	p. 251
Work, Recognition and the Changing Face of Capitalism
Admiration without Appreciation? The Paradoxes of Recognition of Doubly Subjectivised Work	p. 273
"Exclusive Focus on Figures. Exclusive Focus on Returns." Marketisation as a Principle of Organisation and a Problem of Recognition	p. 301
A Critical Assessment of Orthodox Economic Conceptions of Work	p. 327
Liberalism, Neutrality and Varieties of Capitalism	p. 347
Notes on Contributors	p. 371
Index	p. 375
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