The Soul at Work
From Alienation to Autonomy
by Franco "Bifo" Berardi ; preface by Jason Smith

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Author(s)

Franco "Bifo" Berardi, preface by Jason Smith

Publication

Los Angeles : Semiotext(e), 2009

Scope

232 Pages, 23 cm.

ISBN

9781584350767

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Capital has managed to overcome the dualism of body and soul by establishing a workforce in which everything we mean by the Soul—language, creativity, affects—is mobilized for its own benefit. Today a new condition of alienation has taken root in which workers commonly and voluntarily work overtime, the population is tethered to cell phones and Blackberries, debt has become a postmodern form of slavery, and antidepressants are commonly used to meet the unending pressure of production. In this book, Franco "Bifo" Berardi addresses these new forms of estrangement. The Soul at Work is a clarion call for a new collective effort to reclaim happiness.

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Keywords

counter culture , future scenario's , technology

Location

Cabinet 11 - 3: Technologie + Posthumanisme

Extra themes

De stad in eigen hand nemen / Reclaiming the City

Remarks

Incl. Bibliographical References