New Philosophies of Labour: Work and the Social Bond (13) (Social and Critical Theory)

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 … read more of recognition in work, the problems of misrecognition generated in the present culture of capitalism, and the normative resources available for criticising it Volume Foreword vii Acknowledgements ix 1. Work, Recognition and the Social Bond: Changing Paradigms 1 Nicholas H. Smith and Jean-Philippe Deranty Part One From Hegel To Institutionalism 2. The Role of Work within the Processes of Recognition in hegel’s idealism 41 Paul Redding 3. The Legacy Of Hegelian Philosophy And The Future Of Critical Theory. 63 Hans-Christoph Schmidt am Busch 4. Recognition Theory and institutional Labour economics .. 101 Craig MacMillan Part Two Critique, Norm And Work 5. The Political invisibility of Work and its Philosophical echoes. 133 Emmanuel Renault 6. expression and Cooperation as Norms of Contemporary Work 151 Jean-Philippe Deranty 7. Three Normative Models of Work .. 181 Nicholas H. Smith Part Three Work And Subjectivity: Towards A Philosophical Anthropology 8. From the Psychopathology to the Psychodynamics of Work. 209 Christophe Dejours 9. Care as Work: Mutual vulnerabilities and Discrete knowledge 251 Pascale Molinier Part Four Work, Recognition And The Changing Face Of Capitalism 10. Admiration without Appreciation? The Paradoxes of Recognition of Doubly Subjectivised Work 273 Stephan Voswinkel 11. “Exclusive Focus On Figures. Exclusive Focus On Returns.” Marketisation as a Principle of organisation and a Problem of Recognition . 301 Gabriele Wagner 12. A Critical assessment of orthodox economic Conceptions of Work.. 327 Dale Tweedie 13. Liberalism, Neutrality and Varieties of Capitalism 347 Russell Keat Notes on Contributors 371 Index 375 This volume addresses the long-standing neglect of the category of labour in critical social theory and it presents a powerful case for a new paradigm based on the anthropological significance of work and its role in shaping social bonds.