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The Labor of Hope
Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt
Taschenbuch von Harry Pettit
Sprache: Englisch

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"Technological advancements, expanding education, and unfettered capitalism have encouraged many around the world to aspire to better lives, even as declines in employment and widening inequality are pushing more and more people into insecurity and hardship. In Egypt, a generation of young men desire fulfilling employment, meaningful relationships, and secure family life, yet find few paths to achieve this. The Labor of Hope follows these educated but underemployed men as they struggle to establish careers and build satisfying lives. In so doing, this book reveals the lived contradiction at the heart of capitalist systems--the expansive dreams they encourage and the precarious lives they produce. Harry Pettit follows young men as they engage a booming training, recruitment, and entrepreneurship industry that sells the cruel meritocratic promise that a good life is realizable for all. He considers the various ways individuals cultivate distraction and hope for future mobility: education, migration, consumption, and prayer. These hope-filled practices are a form of emotional labor for young men, placing responsibility on the individual rather than structural issues in Egypt's economy. Illuminating this emotional labor, Pettit shows how the capitalist economy continues to capture the attention of the very people harmed by it"--
"Technological advancements, expanding education, and unfettered capitalism have encouraged many around the world to aspire to better lives, even as declines in employment and widening inequality are pushing more and more people into insecurity and hardship. In Egypt, a generation of young men desire fulfilling employment, meaningful relationships, and secure family life, yet find few paths to achieve this. The Labor of Hope follows these educated but underemployed men as they struggle to establish careers and build satisfying lives. In so doing, this book reveals the lived contradiction at the heart of capitalist systems--the expansive dreams they encourage and the precarious lives they produce. Harry Pettit follows young men as they engage a booming training, recruitment, and entrepreneurship industry that sells the cruel meritocratic promise that a good life is realizable for all. He considers the various ways individuals cultivate distraction and hope for future mobility: education, migration, consumption, and prayer. These hope-filled practices are a form of emotional labor for young men, placing responsibility on the individual rather than structural issues in Egypt's economy. Illuminating this emotional labor, Pettit shows how the capitalist economy continues to capture the attention of the very people harmed by it"--
Über den Autor
Harry Pettit is Assistant Professor in Economic Geography at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

1. Selling Hope

2. The Drugs of Life

3. Without Hope There Is No Life

4. The Labor of Love

5. The Migration of Hope

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781503637443
ISBN-10: 1503637441
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pettit, Harry
Hersteller: Stanford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 151 x 229 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Harry Pettit
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,364 kg
Artikel-ID: 126587065
Über den Autor
Harry Pettit is Assistant Professor in Economic Geography at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

1. Selling Hope

2. The Drugs of Life

3. Without Hope There Is No Life

4. The Labor of Love

5. The Migration of Hope

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index
Details
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781503637443
ISBN-10: 1503637441
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pettit, Harry
Hersteller: Stanford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 151 x 229 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Harry Pettit
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,364 kg
Artikel-ID: 126587065
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