Book Group to Discuss “Work: The Last 1,000 Years” by Andrea Komlosy

Currently meeting on the Zoom platform from 7-8:30 p.m.

Zoom Link for Social Justice Book Group: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83401604546

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

(Photo courtesy of Verso)

From Verso:

“Say the word “work,” and most people think of some form of gainful employment. Yet this limited definition has never corresponded to the historical experience of most people—whether in colonies, developing countries, or the industrialized world.
That gap between common assumptions and reality grows even more pronounced in the case of women and other groups excluded from the labour market.
In this important intervention, Andrea Komlosy demonstrates that popular understandings of work have varied radically in different ages and countries…”

Join us! Reading the book is not required.

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