£92.33

This is the usual price. Wait for it to drop, or tell us your number.

£92 today · usual range £87–£137 · best ever £87

Routledge The Self as Enterprise: Foucault and the Spirit of 21st Century Capitalism

Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 69 days · 69 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£136.96 £82.09 £94.06 £106.03 £118.01 £129.98 £141.95 25 July 2026 11 August 2026 28 August 2026 14 September 2026 01 October 2026
View at Amazon ↗

Price data last checked 22 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↑ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↑ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 69 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
21 days 1 day · current 36 days 11 days 0 9 18 27 36 £87 £92 £95 £137 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £95 (36 days, 52.2%)

Price range: £87 - £137

Price levels: 4 different prices over 69 days

Description
Twenty first century, flexible capitalism creates new demands for those who work to acknowledge that all aspects of their lives have come to be seen as performance related, and consequently of interest to those who employ them (or fire them). At the start of the 21st century we can identify, borrowing from Max Weber, new work ethics that provide novel ethically slanted maxims for the conduct of a life, and which suggest that the cultivation of the self as an enterprise is the life-long activity that should give meaning, purpose and direction to a life. The book provides an innovative theoretical and methodological approach that draws on the problematising critique of Michel Foucault, the sociological imagination of Zygmunt Bauman and the work influenced by these authors in social theory and social research in the last three decades. The author takes seriously the ambivalence and irony that marks many people’s experience of their working lives, and the demands of work at the start of the 21st century. The book makes an important contribution to the continuing debate about the nature of work related identities and the consequences of the intensification of the work regimes in which these identities are performed and regulated. In a post global financial crisis (GFC) world of sovereign debt, austerity and recession the author’s analysis focuses academic and professional interest on neo-liberal injunctions to imagine ourselves as an enterprise, and to reap the rewards and carry the costs of the conduct of this enterprise.

Product Specifications
Brand
Routledge
Format
hardcover
ASIN
0754649636
Category
Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
28 May 2013
Listed Since
17 September 2012

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

The Sociology of Work
96% match

The Sociology of Work

Wiley

£57.89 26 Aug 2026
Sociology and the Future of Work: Contemporary Discourses and Debates (Routledge Revivals)
96% match

Sociology and the Future of Work: Contemporary Discourses and Debates (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£111.66 24 Sep 2026
Neoliberalism, Personhood, and Postsocialism - Routledge
96% match

Neoliberalism, Personhood, and Postsocialism - Routledge

Routledge

£160.00 03 Oct 2026
Meaningful Work
96% match

Meaningful Work

Oxford University Press

£112.68 19 Sep 2026
The Return of Work in Critical Theory – Self, Society, Politics: 55 (New Directions in Critical Theory)
96% match

The Return of Work in Critical Theory – Self, Society, Politics: 55 (New Directions in Critical Theory)

Columbia University Press

£43.03 24 Sep 2026
Social Theory at Work
96% match

Social Theory at Work

Oxford University Press

£56.00 23 Sep 2026
Working in America: A Humanities Reader
96% match

Working in America: A Humanities Reader

University of Notre Dame Press

£76.13 02 Oct 2026
Bilder der Arbeit: Eine ikonografische Anthologie
96% match

Bilder der Arbeit: Eine ikonografische Anthologie

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

£62.91 23 Sep 2026
Work-Related Learning and the Social Sciences
96% match

Work-Related Learning and the Social Sciences

Routledge

£183.52 27 Aug 2026
The Map of Meaningful Work (2e): A Practical Guide to Sustaining our Humanity
96% match

The Map of Meaningful Work (2e): A Practical Guide to Sustaining our Humanity

Routledge

£71.22 23 Sep 2026
Pierre Bourdieu in Studies of Organization and Management - Routledge
96% match

Pierre Bourdieu in Studies of Organization and Management - Routledge

Routledge

£150.08 13 Oct 2026
Being and Power. A Phenomenological Ontology of Forms of Life (Series in Philosophy)
96% match

Being and Power. A Phenomenological Ontology of Forms of Life (Series in Philosophy)

£49.38 12 Sep 2026
Theorizing Cultural Work - Labour & Change in Creative Industries
95% match

Theorizing Cultural Work - Labour & Change in Creative Industries

Routledge

£151.26 06 Oct 2026
Economy: Art, Production and the Subject - Liverpool University
95% match

Economy: Art, Production and the Subject - Liverpool University

Liverpool University Press

£33.11 19 Aug 2026
Arbeit nach der Arbeit: Schattenwirtschafl, Wertewandel und Industriearbeit
95% match

Arbeit nach der Arbeit: Schattenwirtschafl, Wertewandel und Industriearbeit

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

£46.75 09 Oct 2026
Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia
95% match

Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia

Sage Publishing

Price unavailable
Pierre Bourdieu in Studies of Organization and Management: Societal Change and Transforming Fields (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
95% match

Pierre Bourdieu in Studies of Organization and Management: Societal Change and Transforming Fields (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)

Routledge

£44.99 05 Sep 2026
The Politics and Ethics of Contemporary Work: Whither Work?
95% match

The Politics and Ethics of Contemporary Work: Whither Work?

Routledge

£150.00 20 Aug 2026
A New Theory of Industrial Relations: People, Markets and Organizations after Neoliberalism (Routledge Research in Employment Relations)
95% match

A New Theory of Industrial Relations: People, Markets and Organizations after Neoliberalism (Routledge Research in Employment Relations)

Routledge

£163.87 23 Sep 2026
The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work
95% match

The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work

Oxford University Press

£110.49 26 Sep 2026
Economic Crisis, Quality of Work, and Social Integration: The European Experience
95% match

Economic Crisis, Quality of Work, and Social Integration: The European Experience

Oxford University Press

£52.47 22 Sep 2026
Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India - Routledge Studies
95% match

Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India - Routledge Studies

Routledge

£125.00 03 Oct 2026
Enterprise and Social Rights (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)
95% match

Enterprise and Social Rights (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

Wolters Kluwer

£141.02 22 Aug 2026
Judith Butler and Organization Theory - Routledge Studies
95% match

Judith Butler and Organization Theory - Routledge Studies

Routledge

£155.00 03 Oct 2026