The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy

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The Soul at Work: From Alienation to Autonomy is a book by the Italian philosopher Franco Berardi. [1] [2]

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Summary

In the book Berardi reflects on the new forms of alienation and addresses people's feelings of alienation in regards to work, as well as to how their refusal to submit to work used to be the foundation of a human community - that fought for autonomy against the work society. [3]

Berardi cites a number of authors in the book. For example: Epicurus, Felix Guattari, Jean Baudrillard, Luciano Gallina, Gregory Bateson, Alain Ehrenberg, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. [4]

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Sources

  1. Berardi, Franco (2009). The soul at work : from alienation to autonomy. Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e). ISBN   978-1-58435-076-7. OCLC   319498068.
  2. March 2012, Joshua Paetkau | Winter 2011 Issue | Published 23rd. "Harnessing the soul for the marketplace". geezmagazine.org. Retrieved 2022-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. "The Soul at Work". MIT Press. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. Berardi, Franco (2009). The soul at work : from alienation to autonomy. Los Angeles, CA: Semiotext(e). pp. 223–229. ISBN   978-1-58435-076-7. OCLC   319498068.


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