ABSTRACT
Michael Freeden's conceptual approach is used to the analysis of ideologies. Informed by this approach, the concept of work has been classified as peripheral. This chapter focuses on the discussion of work in anarchist thought and suggests the extent to which this categorisation may be considered accurate. In doing so, it first explores the landscape of critical theorising of work to suggest that it could be misguiding to surmise that work lacks "the generalisation and sophistication associated with a concept". Next, the chapter provides the case for the continued relevance of the anarchist critique of work. Then, it discusses the possibility of an anarchist work ethic, limiting authors' search to a set of principles that can be directly derived from anarchist tradition. The chapter finally gives the discussion of some practical aspects of organising work and how they relate to anarchist principles.
