{"product_id":"resisting-work-1","title":"Resisting Work","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e A job is no longer something we \"do,\" but instead something we \"are.\" As the boundaries between work and non-work have dissolved, we restructure ourselves and our lives using social ingenuity to get things done and be resourceful outside the official workday. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In his provocative book, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eResisting Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Peter Fleming insists that many jobs in the West are now regulated by a new matrix of power-biopower-where \"life itself\" is put to work through our ability to self-organize around formal rules. This neoliberal system of employment tries to absorb our life attributes--from our consumer tastes, \"downtime,\" and sexuality--into employment so that questions of human capital and resources replace questions of employee, worker, and labor.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Fleming then suggests that the corporation turns to communal life-what he calls \"the common\"-in order to reproduce itself and reinforce corporate culture.  Yet a resistance against this new definition of work is in effect, and Fleming shows how it may already be taking shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Peter Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53614252589436,"sku":"9781439911136","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781439911136_d85e3ae6-3a2a-4011-8be6-f9861ccbbd07.jpg?v=1727778323","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/resisting-work-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}