过度劳累的美国人

内容概要

Juliet Schor is a Professor of sociology at Boston College. She studies trends in working time and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice. She received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies. In 2006 she was awarded the Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute. In the interview with Peter Shea (link below) she talks about her early intellectual formation, her critique of conventional economics, and her decision to write for an audience that includes the general public as well as her colleagues in the academy. She has two children who currently reside in Newton with her, Krishna and Sulakshana.

书籍目录

第一章　过度劳累的美国人第二章　分秒必争：一个月的额外工作　一、相关理论　二、为薪水多干活　三、分秒必争做家务　四、迫不得已休闲：失业和不充分就业第三章　“生存即劳作”：资本主义和工作时间　一、资本主义和空闲时间减少　二、工薪族工作时间增加　三、工薪族的空闲时间　四、为缩短工作时间而斗争　五、工人放弃斗争　六、战后工作时间增加第四章　过于繁重的家务　一、家庭主妇的工作时间居高不下　二、标准的提高和服务的增多　三、家务中的帕金森定律：低成本劳动力　四、家务效率的长期低下　五、家务的现状与将来第五章　工作-消费的隐性循环　一、购物到尽兴　二、工作-消费：中产阶级的痛苦　三、不满足感的产生　四、资本主义的“松鼠笼”　五、消费主义的陷阱　六、工作-消费的原因　七、工作-消费循环的社会性　八、经济人的危险第六章　逃离“松鼠笼”　一、冲破工作-消费的循环　二、克服消费主义　三、空闲时间的价值　四、要回空闲时间

作者简介

《过度劳累的美国人》内容简介：工作时间剧增，休闲相应剧减似乎成为二战后美国人的普遍感受。《过度劳累的美国人》详尽地分析了这一趋势的经济、社会缘由以及它对家庭、社会带来的巨大危害。作为1992年全美畅销书之一，《过度劳累的美国人》具有以下特点：

从立论上讲，普遍认为资本主义导致生产力的提升，休闲自然而然会有所增加。既然如此，人们总是在赶时间就只能归咎于他们自己。《过度劳累的美国人》对这一逻辑提出质疑，指出资本主义劳动力市场机制、工作一消费的恶性循环等才是这一趋势的幕后推手。

从论证上讲，《过度劳累的美国人》将社会观察与经济理论完美地结合。论证严谨，数据充分，语言浅显易懂。

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