id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt m039k358k9h Faruk Eray DÌ_zenli Re/Presenting Labor: Economic Discourse, Value, Ethics 2006 .txt text/plain 349 10 26 In the first essay, I analyze contemporary renditions of labor in nonacademic economic discourses' publications of international institutions' as well as postmodernist narratives to show that labor, rather than being a given category with a single definition, acquires different meanings in different theories, with different theoretical, economic and ethical implications. As it participates in the constitution of a unique discourse that renders certain aspects of reality visible, labor becomes a 'particular lens' with which one can understand, ascribe meanings to prevalent economic and social relations, and destabilize, subvert, and transform the status quo by potentiating counter-hegemonic discourses and mobilizing alternative movements. cache/m039k358k9h.txt txt/m039k358k9h.txt