{"product_id":"dreamwork-why-all-work-is-imaginary-hardcover","title":"Dreamwork: Why All Work Is Imaginary - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpending our perception of employment, a surprising investigation into the mystical nature of our daily toil.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreamwork \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about the ideas, dreams, dreads, and ideals we have about work. Its central argument is this: Although we depend on the idea of work for our identity as humans, we feel we must disguise from ourselves the fact that we do not know what work is. There is no example of work that nobody might, under some circumstances, do for fun. All work is imaginary--which is not to say that it is simply illusory, but rather that, to count as work, it must be imagined to be \u003ci\u003ework\u003c\/i\u003e. In other words, a large part of what we mean by working is this work of imagining. Work is therefore essentially mystical--just the opposite of what it is taken to be by all of us spending our days at desks, behind cash registers, and in factories. Delving into this complex mythos, \u003ci\u003eDreamwork\u003c\/i\u003e looks in turn at worries about whether or not work is hard; the importance of places of work; the meanings of hobbies, holidays, and sabbaths; and the history of dreams of redeeming work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Connor\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of research at the Digital Futures Institute, King's College, London. He is the author of eighteen books, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of Knowledge: On Wisdom, Ignorance and Fantasies of Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 8.58 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460942545074,"sku":"9781789147568","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9db7cf66492aec5571cbef363c3a5877.webp?v=1778936109","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/dreamwork-why-all-work-is-imaginary-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}