The Right to Be Lazy - Paul Lafargue, Charles Keer (Translator)

Category: Adults, Classic, History, Political
Language: English
Keywords: 19th Century Classics Essays France History Nonfiction NYRB Classics Philosophy Politics Sociology Theory

Written by Paul Lafargue, Charles Keer (Translator)
Read by Paul Landergan
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

“In capitalist society work is the cause of all intellectual degeneracy, of all organic deformity.”

This essay raises interesting questions: is work really a virtue? Isn’t work the source of many social imbalances? These are all questions that lend themselves to an exciting and topical debate on the role of work in our society.

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
Release date: 2022-05-09