Precarity: The Conditions of Labor and Employment

Building on the analyses of Marx and Arendt, this essay proposes a critique of precarity-inducing employment conditions. In particular, it argues that the intolerable forms of alienation generated by these practices may be attributed to their aggressive undermining not only of structures of social s...

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Published in:Diacritics 2019-01, Vol.47 (1), p.80-95
Main Authors: Crépon, Marc, Cross, D. J. S, Williams, Tyler M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arendt, Hannah
Employment
Fate
Ideology
Inscriptions
Internships
Literary influences
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
Narrative techniques
Society
Violence
Workers
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Summary:Building on the analyses of Marx and Arendt, this essay proposes a critique of precarity-inducing employment conditions. In particular, it argues that the intolerable forms of alienation generated by these practices may be attributed to their aggressive undermining not only of structures of social stability, but also of future-oriented existential projection.
ISSN:0300-7162
1080-6539
1080-6539
DOI:10.1353/dia.2019.0012