Non-Stop Inertia: Life in and out of Precarious Work

Southwood, Ivor

ISBN 10: 1846945305 / ISBN 13: 9781846945304

Published by Zer0 Books, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-Stop Inertia: Life in and out of Precarious Work
• Publisher: Zer0 Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846945305
• ISBN 13: 9781846945304
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1785920387.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 14825437
• Signed: 8/5/2026 8:59:47 AM
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Synopsis

A theoretical investigation into the culture of precarious work, digital consumption and personal flexibility, calling for a counter-discourse of resistance.

In our culture of short-term work, mobile communications and rolling media, it seems we are always on the move; but are we really getting anywhere? Non-Stop Inertia argues that this appearance of restless activity conceals and indeed maintains a deep paralysis of thought and action, and that rather than being unquestionable or inevitable, the environment of personal flexibility and perpetual crisis which we now inhabit is ideologically constructed.

About the Author

Ivor Southwood has worked as a mental health nurse and studied literature and media. He has also done various temporary jobs and is interested in the culture of precarious work. He lives in Hove, UK.