Work - A History of How We Spend Our Time

Összefoglaló

_______________<BR><BR>'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari<BR><BR>'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages... Fascinating' - The Times<BR><BR>'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways of thinking upside down' - Susan Cain<BR><BR>'Illuminating' - New Statesman<BR>_______________<BR><BR>A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present<BR><BR>The work we do brings us meaning, moulds our values, determines our social status and dictates how we spend most of our time. But this wasn't always the case: for 95% of our species' history, work held a radically different importance.<BR><BR>How, then, did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? How did it transform our bodies, our environments, our views on equality and our sense of time? And why, in a time of material abundance, are we working more than ever before?