Articles from The Baffler | Rethink Work

Why Work? The meaning and significance of work have already changed fundamentally. The possibilities of increasing and using leisure time have meanwhile increased exponentially. To ignore these facts is to remain trapped in the gravitational field of classical social theory—from Hegel to Freud via Marx—and to make work a fetish [2017]

In: Good life

Topics: Leisure, Protestant Work Ethic

Source: The Baffler

Pro-Woman, Anti-Worker — broadly speaking, the feminist movement hasn’t always operated in an inclusive way; even with the stakes so very high, some nominally feminist organizations have failed to extend a baseline measure of respect to the workers that make their mission possible [2020]

In: Trade unions

Topics: Feminism, Worker Rights

Country: US

Source: The Baffler