A Philosopher Looks at Work
A survey on the nature of work, integrating conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary.
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- Full title :A Philosopher Looks at Work / Raymond Geuss.
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A survey on the nature of work, integrating conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary.
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- Publication Date:©2021
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (196 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1108950450, 9781108946216, 1108946216, 9781108950459
- oclc:on1255222891
- LC Classification:HD4841
- Dewey Decimal:306.36
Table of Contents
What is work? -- Exertion -- Physical and moral exertion -- Idleness, play, holiday, retirement -- Necessity -- Individual and social necessity -- Money and credit -- Objectivity -- Goods and services -- The autotelic -- The organisation of work -- In our world -- Jobs -- Careers and professions -- Vocations -- Other ways of doing things -- The non-existence of autarchy -- Hunting and gathering -- Pastoralism -- Agriculture -- Craft production -- The anthropology and economics of work -- Lazybones -- Coercion -- Reasoning -- Incentives -- Solidarity -- The work-ethic -- The active animal -- Rhythm, expression, and drudgery -- Division of labour -- Routine and incremental action -- The economics of 'I and we' -- Shades of Descartes, shades of Locke (in the economy) -- 'The appropriative I' -- Edifying and less edifying variants -- Radical discontent and the future of work -- Forms of radical discontent -- Simple abolition of work -- Overcoming alienation -- Non-instrumental care -- The future of work -- Automation and precariousness -- Outsourcing and Amazonisation -- Ideology -- Bullshit -- Politics -- Two stories about the future -- Conclusion.
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