The Abolition of Work
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"The Abolition of Work" is an essay written by Bob Black in 1985. It was part of Black's first book, an anthology of essays entitled The Abolition of Work and Other Essays published by Loompanics Unlimited.<ref name=pubdetails/> It is an exposition of Black's "type 3 anarchism" – a blend of post-Situationist theory and individualist anarchism – focusing on a critique of the work ethic.<ref name=porton/>
InfluenceEdit
"The Abolition of Work" was a significant influence on futurist and design critic Bruce Sterling, who at the time was a leading cyberpunk science fiction author and called it "one of the seminal underground documents of the 1980s".<ref name=mccaffery/> The essay's critique of work formed the basis for the anti-labor faction in Sterling's 1988 novel Islands in the Net.<ref name=mccaffery/>
See alsoEdit
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- Anarcho-syndicalism
- Anti-work
- Automation
- Freedom of choice
- He who does not work, neither shall he eat
- Issues in anarchism
- Libertarian socialism
- Post-work society
- Refusal of work
- Universal basic income
- Wage slavery
- Work as play
- Workers of the world, unite!
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Further readingEdit
External linksEdit
- The Abolition of Work and Other Essays, the 1986 collection by Bob Black hosted in its entirety on Inspiracy.com
- "The Approaching Obsolescence of Housework: A Working-Class Perspective", chapter thirteen of Women, Race & Class, by Angela Davis.
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