Evolving Work

<p>The idea of Self and the authenticity of particular identities have been rapidly dissolving in the acids of post-modern globalising capitalism. The hegemony of patterns of work wage-labor and the operation of labour markets in the American West (and European North) has ridden rough-shod over distinctive ways of enabling communities to flourish in many parts of the Southern and Eastern worlds (Global South). But this is not inevitable. Indeed as this book indicates there are many practical examples across the globe – that connect with some of the most significant theoretical challenges to the operation of dehumanising work – which reveal that a profound reversal is taking place. As such the core theme of this book is to show that a movement is occurring whereby self-employment can be transformed into communal work that employs the Self in ways that release the authentic vocations of people individually and collectively.</p><p>The approach taken in these chapters traverses the globe utilising the original ‘integral worlds’ model that will be familiar to students of the Trans4M/Routledge Transformation and Innovation series developed over more than a decade. Such a standpoint points the way to the release of particular social and economic cultures in each of what we term the four realities or worldviews of South East North and Western worlds. In this book we use the methodology of GENEalogy – identifying the realms associated with each world – to show how the rhythms that is Grounding Emergence Navigation and Effect of each is leading to greater economic social and spiritual freedom for individuals organisations communities and indeed entire societies.</p>