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Work: Capitalism. Economics. Resistance (2011)

by CrimethInc.(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0970910177 (ISBN13: 9780970910172)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crimethinc

review 1: Actually a lot better than I would expected.The criticisms can really come from some of the same things that can be leveled on Crimethinc, though the lifestylism and silly "adventure" stuff has been toned down. Instead, there really is a lack of ways forward and an effort to over-critique, at the point of making things feel futile and often without a way for readers to have a way forward. This is not to mention point blank areas where they have gotten facts wrong(a lot of this comes from their belief about all the areas that capitalism has infected, which often does not see the areas that capitalism has retreated from or where non-capitalist forms of hierarchy in conventional areas of class struggle). There are obvious areas where I might disagree in terms of critique, ... morebut there are few volumes where an agreement would be absolute.
review 2: "Against Work" would be a more accurate title. An anarchist critique of capitalist power structures calling for active resistance against and subversion of all forms authority and for the abolishment of the private ownership of capital. Radical as this position may seem to some, the bulk of the book is a well-considered and clearly written deconstruction of the founding myths, fundamental dynamics, key institutions and structured roles of a capitalist economy, which is characterized, above all, by abstraction, alienation, servitude and inequality. Even if you believe that the institutions of government and economy are motivated by less sinister purposes than the structural subjugation of the bulk of humanity, "Work" is worth the read (as are many deep critiques from the margins of civilization) for its capacity to expose and dislodge our unquestioned assumptions about reality, pointing out the water to the fish. You will likely find yourself asking things like: So, wait a second, *why* is it that I spend so much of my time doing things I don't really care about for *what* reason, again? Good things to ask. less

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