Nature of Work from Prehistoric Times to the Era of the Industrial Revolution: A Sociological Perspective

The beginning of an essay penned by Bob Black in 1985 titled “The Abolition of Work” read, “No one should ever work”. The writer believed that work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you would care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work. In order to stop suffering, we have to stop working. In a leisure-loving culture, many would who...