I think people generally identify less and less with the companies they work for and tend to define themselves more and more outside of the context of work. This is noted in Richard Florida's book "The Rise of the Creative Class," which I have mostly read and can't seem to finish. He makes a bunch of good points but ultimately seem to be tooting the horn for a technocratic bourgeois.
So how are people identifying themselves? I know there are a bunch of young people identifying themselves as anti-capitalists. This is their "most important work." I have not followed this thread but I just thought I would throw that in there. Sorry if I am out of context. Lisa on 10/11/2002 2:57 AM, Charles Jannuzi at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> I suppose that what interests me in this >> discussion is not the question of the >>> political significance of the third digit >> right of the point, but rather that >>> of the social role of different kinds of >> unemployment and near-unemployment. >> >> Correct! But that is determined through >> political struggle, not by >> academic spats over (as you say) the "third >> digit to the right of the >> point." I'm concerned that too many maillist >> denizens come to think that >> winning an argument on a maillist has anything >> to do with winning >> political struggles. >> >> Carrol > > The problem as I see it is this academic tendency > to reify the concept over the social reality that > it is supposed to model or represent in political > discourse. If I have to take a calculation on > unemployment out to the third digit to satisfy > the statistician down the hall, so be it. If I > have to multiply a simple total (of unemployed) > by two to three because my collection methods are > so inadequate, I might as well be wanking myself > with all ten digits. > > I think the whole concept of employment is > equally absurd. I'm absolutely sure that the work > I do of most social--and economic--value is my > volunteer editing duties--totally unremunerated. > Quite a bit more satisfying, though, if you think > about it, than taking one hour of part-time work > a week at an employment security office for 8 > dollars just so some government stats person can > say I'm no longer unemployed. > > C. Jannuzi > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > http://faith.yahoo.com >
