Labor of Fire: The Ontology of Labor between Economy and Culture
ISBN: 9781592131143
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Temple University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Labor -- Philosophy; Work -- Philosophy; Marxian economics; Capitalism; Economics -- Philosophy;

In Labor of Fire, Bruno Gullì offers a timely and much needed re-examination of the concept of labor. Distinguishing between "productive labor" (working for money or subsistence) and "living labor" (working for artistic creation), Gullì convincingly argues for a definition of work that recognizes the importance of artistic and social creativity to our definition of labor and the self.

Gullì lays the groundwork for his book by offering a critique of productive labor, and then maps out his productive/living labor distinction in detail, reviewing the work of Marx and others.

Bruno Gullì teaches philosophy at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus and at Kingsborough Community College.

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