{"product_id":"resisting-work-peter-fleming-9781439911136","title":"Resisting Work: The Corporatization of Life and Its Discontents","description":"\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439911134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439911136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Fleming","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986188992767,"sku":"9781439911136","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdd3f299-4728-4a13-af6e-bd825be21dc5.jpg?v=1683281885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resisting-work-peter-fleming-9781439911136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}