{"product_id":"after-work-the-human-question-when-survival-ends-9798233884290","title":"After Work: The Human Question When Survival Ends","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caspian Lux\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Axial Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Axial Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Labor \u0026amp; Industrial Relations - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of human history, survival imposed structure. Work aligned effort with outcome and gave human life a sense of direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat structure is dissolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs abundance and automation reduce the necessity of continuous labor, a new condition is emerging-one in which effort no longer explains outcome, motivation no longer arises automatically, and freedom from survival pressure produces anxiety and drift rather than fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAfter Work: The Human Question When Survival Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, Caspian Lux offers a rigorous diagnostic examination of life after work. Drawing on philosophy, psychology, sociology, and economics, the book investigates what happens to meaning, identity, and motivation when survival no longer organizes daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a guide to productivity or a manifesto for automation. It offers no solutions and no utopia. It names a condition many already inhabit but struggle to understand-and asks a simple, unsettling question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat comes after work?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axial Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47593776480407,"sku":"9798233884290","price":1388.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233884290.webp?v=1774983321","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/after-work-the-human-question-when-survival-ends-9798233884290","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}