An essay on the dark side of professional vocation, the origin of jobs and the cult of overworking
Deeply reflective and biting, this essay addresses a key issue of the present day through its critique of the “cult of work” as the center of our lives, questioning, among other things, working without limits at the expense of our health, and the perversion of our professional activity by the capitalist system. Based on his personal experience, Eduardo Vara makes a trans-historical review of work and its narratives, taking into account sociology, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and literature. An essential text - not without touches of irony - that shares new insight on the significance of a passion for work and on related myths of the past. It comes at a time of widespread precarity in the workplace, the robotization and digitization of jobs, increasing exploitation, increasingly common disorders such as burnout, and the corruption of leisure time, which we now organize as if it were just one more job with goals to be realized.
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