http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/labor The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/au-travail <p>One of the first dramatic conflicts to propel <i><a href="/portrait-of-artist-age-of-wikipedia">The Map And The Territory</a>, </i>Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel, is a quintessentially French scene of heroism and vexation: the protagonist’s water-heater wheezes, hisses, sputters, peters out and dies.  It’s Christmas Eve (when else for a  water-heater to die but on extended week-end holi</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/au-travail">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/au-travail#comments American Economy France Houellebecq Labor Rights The Map And The Territory Work http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1459 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:01:31 -0700 Cecile Alduy 1459 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/michel-serres-lage-dor-lage-de-fer http://arcade.stanford.edu/michel-serres-lage-dor-lage-de-fer#comments Aristotle exchange value financial crisis French hardness Hesiod La Fontaine Labor métier Michel Serres money political economy signification softness The Arcade Channel Use Value 76:49 Michel Serres Serres discusses the transition from what he calls the &quot;hard&quot; to the &quot;soft&quot; (i.e. the immaterial), with particular attention to political economy. no http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/517 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:47:12 -0800 Zach Chandler 517 at http://arcade.stanford.edu