{"product_id":"9781942173700","title":"Comedy Against Work : Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times by Madeline Lane-McKinley","description":"Work is a joke. Laughing at it is political.   Humor, Groucho Marx asserted, is \"reason gone mad.\" For Walter Benjamin, laughter was \"the most revolutionary emotion.\" In a moment when great numbers of people are reevaluating their commitment to the hellscape we call \"work,\" what does it mean to take comedy seriously-and to turn it against work?Both philosophically brilliant and deeply personal, Comedy Against Work demonstrates how laughing about work can puncture the pretensions of tyrannical bosses while uniting us around a commitment to radically new ways of making the world together. At the same time, Lane-McKinley exposes a war at the heart of contemporary comedy between those who see comedy as a weapon for punching down and those whose laughter points to social transformation. From stand-up to sitcoms, podcasts to late night, comedy reveals our longing to subvert power, escape the prison of work, and envision the joys of a liberated world.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56309675196789,"sku":"9781942173700","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781942173700.jpg?v=1762812825","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781942173700","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}