The Last Human Job de A. J. Pugh

The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World

Abstract

This review examines The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World by Allison J. Pugh, a book that introduces the concept of connective labor to account for the relational and emotional work that sustains contemporary social life and the world of work. Through a critical reading, the review highlights the book’s empirical and analytical contributions to debates on care, recognition, and automation. At the same time, it problematizes the ethical ambivalence of connective labor, emphasizing that the very capacities that enable care and humanize interactions may also operate as techniques of power, control, and discipline.