Toward a critical politics of precarity
Toward a critical politics of precarity
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DOI：
10.1111/soc4.12483
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Millar, Kathleen M.
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作者：
Millar, Kathleen M.
近年来，“早熟”一词在社会科学领域大量涌现，但却面临着失去分析能力的风险。本审查从理论和政治两个方面考虑了早熟的价值和局限性。它首先追溯了这一术语在社会学和同源领域的历史发展，最终论证了对这一概念的一种关系方法，该概念植根于对特定劳动条件的分析。然后，它考察了对贪婪概念所执行的政治工作(通常是隐藏的)的新出现的批评。也就是说，具有讽刺意味的是，对轻率的谴责话语有可能支持规范的工作和生活形式，包括全职雇佣劳动的理想。相反，一种关于早熟的批判性政治留下了一个悬而未决的问题，即不稳定的劳动与不稳定的生活有多大关系，并关注提供了替代计酬工作价值的破裂。
In recent years, the term precarity has proliferated in the social sciences at the risk of losing its analytical purchase. This review considers the value and limitations of precarity in the various ways it has operated as both a theoretical and political concept. It first traces the historical development of the term in sociology and cognate fields, ultimately arguing for a relational approach to the concept rooted in the analysis of specific labor conditions. It then examines emergent critiques of the (often hidden) political work that the concept of precarity performs. That is, the denunciatory discourse of precarity, ironically, has the potential to uphold normative forms of work and life, including the ideal of full-time wage labor. Instead, a critical politics of precarity leaves open the question of how precarious labor relates to precarious life and attends to ruptures that offer alternatives to the valorization of waged work.