History of the right to work and future of work

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I think the first part of the text may be of interest to anyone interested in human rights and their history, especially to those concerned with social rights. The text is focused on the French revolutions of 1789 and 1848, but those familiar with the history of political thought will undoubtedly find parallels with other times and places. In this respect, I believe the main contribution of the article would be to make accessible to the English-speaking public a very important debate in nineteenth-century France, which is not always well known. But, above all, I hope the article can attract the attention of those who are focused in contemporary debates about work. In the second part, I begin by dealing with the relationship between meaningful work and democratic thought. Then I explain how the right to work can be connected to issues such as the extension of democracy at work, the sharing of domestic work, or the transition to a sustainable society. I confront this emancipatory scenario about the future of work with a deterministic view of the economy, which sees current technological revolution as inevitably leading to the end of work.

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