Description
| Product ID: | 9789493148161 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Entreprecariat |
| Authors: | Author: Silvio Lorusso, Josh Plough, Freek Lomme |
| Page Count: | 260 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Entrepreneur or precarious worker? These are the terms of a cognitive dissonance that turns everyone’s life into a shaky project in perennial start-up phase. Silvio Lorusso guides us through the entreprecariat, a world where change is natural and healthy, whatever it may bring. A world populated by motivational posters, productivity tools, mobile offices and self-help techniques. A world in which a mix of entrepreneurial ideology and widespread precarity is what regulates professional social media, online marketplaces for self-employment and crowdfunding platforms for personal needs. The result? A life in permanent beta, with sometimes tragic implications. With a foreword by Geert Lovink and an afterword by Raffaele Alberto Ventura. “A compelling and relentless j’accuse: debunking the social and political myths that push an increasing number of persons to perform in the entrepreneurship circus — with no safety nets. ” Antonio Casilli, author of En attendant les robots, 2019 Entrepreneur or precarious worker? These are the terms of a cognitive dissonance that turns everyone’s life into a shaky project in perennial start-up phase. Silvio Lorusso guides us through the entreprecariat, a world where change is natural and healthy, whatever it may bring. A world populated by motivational posters, productivity tools, mobile offices and self-help techniques. A world in which a mix of entrepreneurial ideology and widespread precarity is what regulates professional social media, online marketplaces for self-employment and crowdfunding platforms for personal needs. The result? A life in permanent beta, with sometimes tragic implications. With a foreword by Geert Lovink and an afterword by Raffaele Alberto Ventura. “A compelling and relentless j’accuse: debunking the social and political myths that push an increasing number of persons to perform in the entrepreneurship circus — with no safety nets. ” Antonio Casilli, author of En attendant les robots, 2019 |
| Imprint Name: | Onomatopee |
| Publisher Name: | Onomatopee |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-31 |
