The brutal truth behind our automated futures and the new world of work We are told that the future of work will be increasingly automated. Algorithms, processing massive amounts of information at startling speed, will lead us to a new world of effortless labour and a post-work utopia of ever expanding leisure. But behind the gleaming surface stands millions of workers, often i...(展开全部)

The brutal truth behind our automated futures and the new world of work We are told that the future of work will be increasingly automated. Algorithms, processing massive amounts of information at startling speed, will lead us to a new world of effortless labour and a post-work utopia of ever expanding leisure. But behind the gleaming surface stands millions of workers, often i...(展开全部)

Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious. With reference to sociological data, philosophy, political theory, legislation, the testimonies of workers and an eclectic mix of cultural texts – from Lucian Freud to Google, Anthony Giddens to selfies,...(展开全部)

Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious. With reference to sociological data, philosophy, political theory, legislation, the testimonies of workers and an eclectic mix of cultural texts – from Lucian Freud to Google, Anthony Giddens to selfies,...(展开全部)

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and...(展开全部)

Samir Amin is one of the world's most profound thinkers about the changing nature of capitalism, North-South relations and issues of development. In this book, he provides us with a powerful understanding of the new and very different era which capitalism has now entered with the collapse of the Soviet model, the triumph of the market and accelerating globalization. His sophist...(展开全部)

作者：（埃及）萨米尔·阿明（samir Amin） 译者：丁开杰 萨米尔·阿明（samir Amin），1931年生于埃及，在巴黎完成高等教育，其所学涉足政治学、统计学和经济学等领域。他对资本主义本质的演变、南北关系和发展理论等问题都有深入研究，从而成为当代一流的激进思想家，在全球享有盛誉。阿明在众多机构担任职务，他一直担任非洲经济发展与规划研究所、联合国非洲规划研究所主任，目前还任位于塞内加尔首都达喀尔的第三世界论坛主席。阿明著述甚丰，最为著名的有《世界范围的积累》（Accumulation On a World Scale）和《不均衡的发展》（Unequal Development）。