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Introduction: Paths to Postcapitalism PART ONE The Alienation of Modern Man The 1940s and 1950s: Comfort and Conformism Chapter 1. A Stranger to Himself Chapter 2. The Construction of Self Chapter 3. The Third Force Chapter 4. Journalism as Compromise Chapter 5. Alienation in the Affluent Society PART TWO Liberation from Work in the Age of Automation The 1960s: Fordism and the Welfare State Chapter 6. Revolutionary Reformism Chapter 7. Automation and the New Working Class Chapter 8. Arduous Socialism Chapter 9. The Ferment of '68 PART THREE The Liberation of Life In a Time of Visceral Opposition to Work The 1970s: Zero Growth and Ecology Chapter 10. Critique of Technology and Science Chapter 11. Changing Life, with Ivan Illich Chapter 12. Ecological Emergency and De-growth PART FOUR Freeing Up Time in the Age of the Dual Society 1980s-1990s: Toyotism and the Precariat Chapter 13. Farewells to the Working Class Chapter 14. Autonomy and the Dangers of the Dual Society Chapter 15. The Invention and End of Work Chapter 16. Beyond the Wage-Based Society PART FIVE Towards the Civilization of Free: Time in the Era of the Immaterial The 2000s: Financialization and Circulation of Knowledge Chapter 17. Toward the Intelligent Society? Chapter 18. Another World is Possible Chapter 19. The Final Freedom Abbreviations and Acronyms Bibliography and Sources Index of Names

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      Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9780857429889, 978-0857429889
      ISBN10: 0857429884
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      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Paths to Postcapitalism PART ONE The Alienation of Modern Man The 1940s and 1950s: Comfort and Conformism Chapter 1. A Stranger to Himself Chapter 2. The Construction of Self Chapter 3. The Third Force Chapter 4. Journalism as Compromise Chapter 5. Alienation in the Affluent Society PART TWO Liberation from Work in the Age of Automation The 1960s: Fordism and the Welfare State Chapter 6. Revolutionary Reformism Chapter 7. Automation and the New Working Class Chapter 8. Arduous Socialism Chapter 9. The Ferment of '68 PART THREE The Liberation of Life In a Time of Visceral Opposition to Work The 1970s: Zero Growth and Ecology Chapter 10. Critique of Technology and Science Chapter 11. Changing Life, with Ivan Illich Chapter 12. Ecological Emergency and De-growth PART FOUR Freeing Up Time in the Age of the Dual Society 1980s-1990s: Toyotism and the Precariat Chapter 13. Farewells to the Working Class Chapter 14. Autonomy and the Dangers of the Dual Society Chapter 15. The Invention and End of Work Chapter 16. Beyond the Wage-Based Society PART FIVE Towards the Civilization of Free: Time in the Era of the Immaterial The 2000s: Financialization and Circulation of Knowledge Chapter 17. Toward the Intelligent Society? Chapter 18. Another World is Possible Chapter 19. The Final Freedom Abbreviations and Acronyms Bibliography and Sources Index of Names

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