Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1. From curse to vocation: a brief history of the philosophy of work

2. Work and meaning

3. The distribution of work

4. Work and leisure

5. Being managed

6. Getting paid

7. Work in an age of affluence

8. Work and globalization

9. The end of work?

10. Life and work

Further reading

Bibliography

Index

Revised and updated in light of the global financial crisis this second edition also includes a new chapter on work and globalization.

Lars Svendsen is a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is the author of A Philosophy of Boredom (2005), Fashion: a Philosophy (2006), A Philosophy of Fear (2008), A Philosophy of Evil (2010), and A Philosophy of Freedom (2014). His books have been translated into twenty-seven languages.