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He who doesn't work, neither shall he eat, shan't he? The image of work in the debate about a basic income.
Němec, Lukáš ; Hrubec, Marek (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
This work will focus on the relationship between basic income and work. We will pursue how the work is reflected in debates on basic income, and seek other arguments for universal basic income through a new rethinking of work. To be able to thematize the new rethinking of work, however, the politicization of work is required. In our work, we will focus on the history of basic income, its normative justification and essential characteristics. We will address basic income and the financial crisis. We will also show how the work has been thematized in the society since its "modern" discovery in the 18th century. With Dominique Méda, we will describe three images of work: the Smithian concept of work, the images of work associated with the thinking of Karl Marx, and the image of work connected with the origin of the welfare state. All these images of work are reflected by basic income. Eventually, we will demonstrate for basic income being able to be an instrument of the politicization of work, it has to abandon the Smithian concept of work.
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