Over the last twenty-five years, Western societies have been
reversing into the future. They are able neither to reproduce
themselves in accordance with past norms, nor to exploit the
unprecedented freedom offered by the savings in working time which
new technology has generated. In this major new book, André Gorz
argues that the societies created by Fordism have been falling
apart and have given way to "non-societies," in which a tiny
dominant stratum has grabbed most of the surplus wealth. In the
absence of any alternative political project, social disintegration
and individual despair have prevailed.
Mainstream economists seek solutions to this "crisis," but Gorz
argues that we are in fact in the grip of a new system which is
abolishing work as we know it. The worst forms of exploitation are
being restored, as each is forced to fight against all (both at the
individual and the national level) in a desperate struggle to
obtain the diminishing supply of work.
In the face of these developments, Gorz argues that we should fight
not against the destruction of work itself (in the sense of stable
employment), but against the new system's efforts to perpetuate the
ideology of work as a source of rights. We should welcome the
reduction in the working hours required to meet our material needs
and should realize the creative potential that this reduction could
release. Through measures such as a sufficient unconditional basic
income for all and new, co-operative economic structures, we can
reclaim work and rebuild a future beyond the wage-based
society.
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