For Work / Against Work
Debates on the centrality of work

Han, Byung-Chul The Burn-Out Society 2015 p.11 Book Han Citations, Burnout, Han
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The Burn-Out Society

by Han, Byung-Chul (2015)

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The disappearance of domination does not entail freedom. Instead, it makes freedom and constraint coincide. The achievement subject gives himself over to compulsive freedom—that is, to the free constraint of maximizing achievement. Excess work and performance escalate into auto-exploitation (p.11)

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