Editing Refusal of work (section)

{{Short description|Behavior in which a person refuses regular employment}}
{{For|temporary refusal of work|Strike action}}
'''Refusal of work''' is behavior in which a person refuses regular [[employment]].<ref name="republicart1">"Refusal of work means quite simply: I don't want to go to work because I prefer to sleep. But this laziness is the source of intelligence, of technology, of progress. Autonomy is the self-regulation of the social body in its independence and in its interaction with the disciplinary norm."[http://www.republicart.net/disc/realpublicspaces/berardi01_en.htm "What is the Meaning of Autonomy Today?" by Bifo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926001030/http://republicart.net/disc/realpublicspaces/berardi01_en.htm |date=26 September 2019 }}</ref>

With or without a political or philosophical program, it has been practiced by various subcultures and individuals. It is frequently engaged in by those who [[critique of work|critique the concept of work]], and it has a long history. Radical political positions have openly advocated refusal of work. From within [[Marxism]] it has been advocated by [[Paul Lafargue]] and the Italian [[workerist]]/[[autonomist]]s (e.g. [[Antonio Negri]], [[Mario Tronti]]),<ref name="republicart1"/> the French [[ultra-left]] (e.g. Échanges et Mouvement); and within [[anarchism]] (especially [[The Abolition of Work|Bob Black]] and the [[post-left anarchy]] tendency).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inspiracy.com/black/|title=Inspiracy presents Bob Black|website=inspiracy.com|access-date=2010-01-10|archive-date=2020-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117045745/http://www.inspiracy.com/black/|url-status=live}}</ref>