Does work (rights) set us free? A queer, feminist and Marxist dialogue analysis on the assumptive nature of the human rights language
(2025) GNVM03 20251Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- Work, as stated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, is a human right. In this thesis we unearth the discursive foundations of the right to work and explore the right through a queer, feminist and Marxist dialogue analysis based on the books The problem with work by Kathi Weeks (2011), Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici (2009), and What’s the Use? by Sara Ahmed (2019). This is achieved in three steps. First, by a genealogy of the right to work, where we position the right within its historical context. Second, by conducting a critical reading and thematic perforation of the underlying values of the right to work, identified in General Comments No. 18 written by the CESCR Committee on Economic, Social... (More)
- Work, as stated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, is a human right. In this thesis we unearth the discursive foundations of the right to work and explore the right through a queer, feminist and Marxist dialogue analysis based on the books The problem with work by Kathi Weeks (2011), Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici (2009), and What’s the Use? by Sara Ahmed (2019). This is achieved in three steps. First, by a genealogy of the right to work, where we position the right within its historical context. Second, by conducting a critical reading and thematic perforation of the underlying values of the right to work, identified in General Comments No. 18 written by the CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Third, by a reparative dialogue between the aforementioned three books, in where we allow the books to both draw potential conclusions from the thematic perforation, as well as reimagine the right to work beyond the wage work paradigm. Building on the works of Foucault, Marx and Sedgwick, this thesis attempts to unravel the assumptive nature of the human rights language by queering the right to work. (Less)
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- author
- Thorén, Josefine LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- GNVM03 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- human rights, right to (wage) work, reparative dialogue, queer theory, reimagining
- language
- English
- id
- 9192894
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- 2025-06-16 14:14:35
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abstract = {{Work, as stated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, is a human right. In this thesis we unearth the discursive foundations of the right to work and explore the right through a queer, feminist and Marxist dialogue analysis based on the books The problem with work by Kathi Weeks (2011), Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici (2009), and What’s the Use? by Sara Ahmed (2019). This is achieved in three steps. First, by a genealogy of the right to work, where we position the right within its historical context. Second, by conducting a critical reading and thematic perforation of the underlying values of the right to work, identified in General Comments No. 18 written by the CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Third, by a reparative dialogue between the aforementioned three books, in where we allow the books to both draw potential conclusions from the thematic perforation, as well as reimagine the right to work beyond the wage work paradigm. Building on the works of Foucault, Marx and Sedgwick, this thesis attempts to unravel the assumptive nature of the human rights language by queering the right to work.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Does work (rights) set us free? A queer, feminist and Marxist dialogue analysis on the assumptive nature of the human rights language}},
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