Division of Labour: A Contemporary Perspective

Abstract

This paper aims to critically analyse the prevalent division of labour in contemporary times within households between man and wife backed by a structured personal interview. It will explore the nuances of the same in occupations and how it leads to greater efficiency. In addition to that, the paper will scrutinize the ideas given by Emile Durkheim. It seeks to understand how the institution of `Division of Labour' leads to alienation of a worker from his creation, the society and his own existence in particular. I. HOW THE RIGOUR OF LABOUR BINDS ONE AND ALL A whole or entirety of an existence is derived from the parts of it. The beauty and value of the existence of a society is extracted from the diversities it encompasses from its components. The society is a myriad of numerous beliefs, ideologies and people from different walks of life and what they do. Only when every character performs their role well does the overall play namely the wellness of society stays intact. It is through such judiciousperformance and not transgression of one's roles do we set the wheel of labour into the right direction, one that is headed towards progress of the society and all its elements as a whole that determine it. Labour is the measure of mental, social, physical efforts that are put to manifest goods and services and in exchange of it they receive wages that can be used to buy the goods and services they do not directly bring into existence themselves. Labour is the culmination of human efforts in the form of intellect or manual. "Need" is a very strong emotion for humankind and is a driving force to perform labour. In itself labour is not pleasurable and hedonistic as an ordinary being might favour hence the consequence of that labour is the driving force to invest those efforts. Not all individuals can perform all tasks and on the basis of that such labour is divided to ensure that weaknesses are eliminated from the system and the best qualities are extracted of all and put tobest use to ensure maximumreturns and growth of all. 1 Author is a student at Symbiosis Law School, Noida, India. 2021. International Journal of Integrated Law Review