Rethinking work for a just and sustainable future
本文借鉴历史、人类学和时间使用研究，审视不同文化中的工作概念及历史工时模式，提出基于生态经济可持续与公正原则重新思考工作的意义、目的、数量、内容、分配和报酬。
Except for sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than on any other activity. Many people take for granted the centrality of work in society, conceiving the prevailing 40 h workweeks in high-income countries as a ‘natural’ configuration of time. However, work and working time have been fiercely contested phenomena and have taken many different forms throughout history as they were reshaped by technological development, social struggle, and changing cultural values. Drawing on insight from history, anthropological research, and time use studies, this paper attempts to broaden the frames harnessing current debates about the future of work. First, we examine evolving conceptions of work in different cultures. Second, we review patterns of working time throughout history, contrasting some widely held assumptions against the background of the long dur´ee. Finally, we present ideas and principles to rethink dominant conceptions about the meaning, purpose, volume, content, distribution, and remuneration of work along ecological economic principles of sustainability and justice. Work time reduction Post-growth Automation Sustainability Utopia History Degrowth