{"title":"Helen Hester","description":"\u003cp\u003eHelen Hester’s work explores the evolving nature of labour and technology, examining what it means to live and work in contemporary society. Her writing blends critical theory with sharp cultural analysis, offering fresh perspectives on themes such as automation, post-work futures, and digital economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful, probing texts that challenge conventional ideas about work and value, making them essential for anyone interested in education, social change, and the future of employment in a rapidly shifting world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"after-work-by-helen-hester-9781786633071","title":"After Work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoes it ever feel like you have no free time? You come home after work and instead of finding a space of rest and relaxation, you're confronted by a pile of new tasks to complete—cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this ground-breaking book, \u003cem\u003eAfter Work\u003c\/em\u003e, Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek lay out how unpaid work in our homes has come to take up an ever-increasing portion of our lives—how the vacuum of free time has been taken up by vacuuming. Examining the history of the home over the past century—from running water to white goods to smart homes—they show how repeated efforts to reduce the burden of this work have faced a variety of barriers, challenges, and reversals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharting the trajectory of our domestic spaces over the past century, Hester and Srnicek consider new possibilities for the future, uncovering the abandoned ideas of anti-housework visionaries and sketching out a path towards real free time for all, where everyone is at liberty to pursue their passions, or do nothing at all. It will require rethinking our living arrangements, our expectations, and our cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075848421612,"sku":"9781786633071","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2859753482824.jpg?v=1765187606"},{"product_id":"post-work-by-helen-hester-9781350089983","title":"Post-work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does the future hold for work in our new age of crisis? How do we make sure that the uncertain future into which we are heading is heavenly and not hellish? How can we take the pleasures of work with us and eliminate the pains?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe answer: we need a post-work vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eQuestioning the received wisdom that work is good for you, that you are what you do and that 'any job is a good job', \u003cem\u003ePost-work\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new challenge to the work-centred society. This timely book provides a vital introduction to the post-work debate—one of the most exciting political and theoretical currents of recent years. It explores not only what the future of work \u003cem\u003ewill\u003c\/em\u003e be like, but more importantly what the future of work \u003cem\u003eshould\u003c\/em\u003e be like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427430645996,"sku":"9781350089983","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350089983.jpg?v=1774767629"},{"product_id":"after-work-by-helen-hester-9781786633088","title":"After Work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe future of work is not coding but caring – high-touch rather than high-tech. The fastest growing jobs revolve around cooking, cleaning, and caring. Around half of all work is caring work done unpaid in people's families and homes. However, when we think about work, we still tend to focus on offices and factories rather than hospitals and homes – the places where care work takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf the struggle against work is the struggle for free time, we need to talk about reproductive work. In this groundbreaking book, Hester and Srnicek argue that we must recognise reproductive labour as work, reduce this work as much as possible, and redistribute any remaining work as fairly as possible if we want to value autonomy for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Work\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the history of how reproductive labour took the shape that it does today. The authors consider the failed promises of labour-saving technologies, the ever-rising expectations of cleanliness and care, and the trajectory of the single-family house as the container of domestic technologies. Hester and Srnicek present a fascinating history of the fight for free time and explore new possible terrains for its future – public luxury, temporal sovereignty, and family abolition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48334178484460,"sku":"9781786633088","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786633088-after-work-1.jpg?v=1788912926"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/helen-hester.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}