书籍介绍
这本书最锋利之处,在于它把'不稳定'从一种就业状态,重新定义为一个正在成形的阶级——precariat,不稳定无产阶级。它不满足于统计数字,而是追问:当收入、岗位、身份都不再稳定,人如何自处?作者给出的答案令人不安:这个群体缺乏做长期规划的能力,被数码生活的即时刺激切割出'认知障碍',甚至可能被民粹与政治极端主义的歌声轻易煽动。正因如此,它内部撕裂,把矛头指向移民等更弱者的身上。书中最具争议的判断,正是把precariat称为'危险的阶级'。它适合所有感到'打工人落泪、原来我们都是朝不保夕的人'的读者,也适合想理解新自由主义如何重塑劳动与身份的人。但亦有读者质疑其概念过于西方、论述未完全展开——阅读前需带着这份批判。
作者简介
Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK. He has previously been Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath, UK, Professor of Labour Economics at Monash University, Australia and Director of the Socio-Economic Security Programme of the International Labour Organization. He is co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network. His recent books include Work after Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship (2009) and Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as Equality (2002).