{"product_id":"passionate-work-9781478018223","title":"Passionate Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRenyi Hong theorizes the notion of being passionate about your work as an affective project that encourages people to endure economically trying situations like unemployment, job change, repetitive and menial labor, and freelancing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This interesting, deeply thoughtful, and erudite book addresses a key issue of our time, making a substantial contribution to conversations on the roles of emotions, affect, and related phenomena in modern political economies, particularly in the West. By bringing passionate work to the discussion, Renyi Hong captures something that operates at many levels, from management literature to self-help and gamification movements to office design. \u003ci\u003ePassionate Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a book by a truly curious and committed intellect.” -- Thomas Streeter, author of * The Net Effect: Romanticism, Capitalism, and the Internet *\u003cbr\u003e\"A vivid portrait of the changing expectations and emotions of contemporary work. Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.\" -- J. Bekken * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"The unionization efforts of Starbuck baristas, warehouse workers with Amazon, drivers with Uber, higher education workers in the University of California system, and now undergraduate resident assistants at places like Barnard all testify to a massive reevaluation of what work is for us and, perhaps more important, what it ought to be. We are fortunate, therefore, to have Renyi Hong’s \u003ci\u003ePassionate Work\u003c\/i\u003e to guide us through the thickets of this new world of work.\" -- Thomas A. Discenna * International Journal of Communication *\u003cbr\u003e\"Much of \u003ci\u003ePassionate Work\u003c\/i\u003e is so satisfying to read because it confirms and names a tension that \u003ci\u003efeels\u003c\/i\u003e deeply true.\" -- Iana Robitaille * Public Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Passionate Work and the Good Life  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Happiness to Passion  23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Jobless, Undamaged, Resilient  53\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Compassionate Imagination  88\u003cbr\u003e 4. Urban Preserves  121\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Passion in the Last Instance  160\u003cbr\u003e Notes  175\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 203\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867287761239,"sku":"9781478018223","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018223.jpg?v=1722282607","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/passionate-work-9781478018223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}