I trascendentali del lavoro

(The Transcendentals of Work)

Abstract

A misunderstanding should be eliminated: that is, that work and rights can be separated. Those who assert such a theory think that reality is made of indipendent layers. According to them, it is always possible to remove the upper layer (in this case, rights) and keep the lower (in this case, labor/work). Rights (for example, the non-precariousness of work) are an addition, whereas work can exist also independently: the addition is unessential. The thesis I argue for in this essay is, on the contrary, that the addition is intrinsic and originary.