Immaterial Labor and Teachers’ work

This article discusses some trends of the labor in the capitalist society in the context of restructuring of contemporary modes of production, arguing in favor of a point of view that understands the trend of increasing and consolidating form of immaterial labor as a hegemonic type of labor in the k...

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Authors: Hypolito, Álvaro Moreira, Grishcke, Paulo Eduardo
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repository:Revista Educação (Santa Maria. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8998
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reveducacao/article/view/8998
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Labor
Immaterial labor
Teachers’ work.
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Summary:This article discusses some trends of the labor in the capitalist society in the context of restructuring of contemporary modes of production, arguing in favor of a point of view that understands the trend of increasing and consolidating form of immaterial labor as a hegemonic type of labor in the knowledge society. It also argues on forms of labor in the tertiary sector and discusses several forms of immaterial labor in the current society. Finally, this paper discusses teachers’ work as one form of immaterial labor related with subjective and emotional aspects of teachers’ identity. It is a theoretical discussion on teachers’ work in the context of contemporary capitalism.