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The Right to be Lazy / The Abolition of Work
The Right to be Lazy is an essay by Cuban-born French revolutionary Marxist Paul Lafargue, written from his prison cell in 1883. The Abolition of Work is an essay written by Bob Black in 1985. It is an exposition of Black's "type 3 anarchism" Ð a blend of post-Situationist theory and individualist anarchism Ð focusing on a critique of the work ethic.
62 pages, Paperback
Published March 13, 2012
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Paul Lafargue
160 books90 followersFrench revolutionary Marxist socialist and Karl Marx's son-in-law.Lafargue was born in Cuba to French and Creole parents. Karl Marx even once reffered to him by the n-word.
Lafargue his main work was called the right to be lazy. In which he calls upon not only the right to work, but also the right to be lazy. At the beginning of that book he claimed that the African slaves lived under better circumstances than the European worker.
At 69 he died together with his wife Laura in a suicide pact.
Lafargue his main work was called the right to be lazy. In which he calls upon not only the right to work, but also the right to be lazy. At the beginning of that book he claimed that the African slaves lived under better circumstances than the European worker.
At 69 he died together with his wife Laura in a suicide pact.
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