Neoliberal governmentality, knowledge work, and thumos

Research has shown that the knowledge worker, decisive driver of economy, works increasingly longer hours. In fact, it would appear instead working to live, they live work. There appears be three reasons for this living-to-work development. First, worker ‘has to’ on account pressure become ever more efficient. Such translates into internalized coercion in case self-responsible worker. Secondly, is constant, because Internet and smart technologies mobile devices have made ‘possible’. It gives capacity management omnipotent control. final instance, neoliberal all time s/he paradoxically ‘wants to’. a curious phenomenon, compulsive concomitant with rise host physical, emotional, psychological disorders as well erosion social bonds. The paradox exacerbated by fact does not derive any usual utilities or satisfactions associated hard Elsewhere I ascribed apparent contradiction at heart phenomenon invisible thumotic satisfaction generated present article, argue governmentality found way tether thumos directly profit incentive. draw Foucault’s 1978-1979 Collége de France lecture course which he analysed specific emphasis work theorist human capital, Gary Becker.