Le Droit à la paresse

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anti-capitalist work essay socialist literature

Le Droit à la paresse is a socialist and anti-capitalist essay by Paul Lafargue that critiques the work ethic and advocates for leisure as a fundamental human right.

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instanceOf anti-capitalist work ⓘ
essay ⓘ
socialist literature ⓘ
advocatesFor emancipation of workers ⓘ
reduction of working hours ⓘ
right to leisure ⓘ
author Paul Lafargue NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes Protestant work ethic NERFINISHED ⓘ
bourgeois morality ⓘ
capitalist mode of production ⓘ
firstPublishedIn France NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre critique of capitalism ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
socialist theory ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Right to Be Lazy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReception controversial among defenders of work ethic ⓘ
influential in socialist and labor movements ⓘ
hasTheme alienation of labor ⓘ
automation and machinery ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
human fulfillment ⓘ
overwork ⓘ
influencedBy Karl Marx ⓘ
scientific socialism ⓘ
intendedAudience socialist activists ⓘ
working class ⓘ
literaryForm pamphlet ⓘ
mainSubject capitalism ⓘ
labor ⓘ
leisure ⓘ
work ethic ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
movement Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
notableQuote "Un étrange délire possède les classes ouvrières des nations où règne la civilisation capitaliste." ⓘ
"Une étrange folie possède les classes ouvrières des nations où règne la civilisation capitaliste." ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf French socialist canon ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
positionHeld advocacy of leisure as a human right ⓘ
critique of the bourgeois work ethic ⓘ
publicationDate 1880 ⓘ
relatedWork Le Capital NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Communist Manifesto NERFINISHED ⓘ
theoreticalFramework Marxist critique of political economy ⓘ
workTitleInEnglish The Right to Be Lazy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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