---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Great Transition Network <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:27 AM Subject: The Struggle for Meaningful Work (GTN Discussion) To: [email protected]
>From Paul Raskin <[email protected]> ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Great Transition Network, As we bid adieu to 2016, a banner year for the Fortress World scenario, what can we do but turn with renewed resolve to the work of transition? There is no alternative (to hijack TINA, Margaret Thatcher’s infamous justification for neoliberalism). Anyway, the work itself is a privilege and a gratification. This brings me to the topic of our JANUARY discussion: “The Struggle for Meaningful Work.” Kent Klitgaard’s Viewpoint, so titled, argues that the degradation of work, like the degradation of community and the environment, is inherent in the logic of capital accumulation, but receives insufficient attention. The struggle for meaningful jobs, he contends, ought to stand alongside parallel struggles for justice, equity, and sustainability as core components of a transformative praxis. Kent’s thoughtful piece is inspired by his own search for meaningful work in a career that has spanned cabinet-making to ecological economics. It highlights a critical dimension of a Great Transition that warrants heightened emphasis, or so it seems to me. Do you agree? Would you revise its formulations? Please read it at www.greattransition.org/ publication/meaningful-work, and share your thoughts. This Viewpoint will be published in February, along with selected comments drawn from the forthcoming discussion and an interview with Nancy Folbre on “The Caring Economy.” Comments are welcome through JANUARY 31. Warm wishes to you and yours for a healthy and meaningful 2017. Looking forward, Paul Raskin GTI Director ------------------------------------------------------- Hit reply to post a message Or see thread and reply online at http://greattransition.org/forum/gti-discussions/187-the- struggle-for-meaningful-work/2194 Need help? Email [email protected] -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens
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