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Why work? : the perceptions of a "real job" and the rhetoric of work through the ages / Robin Patric Clair ... [et al].
Publication details: West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, c2008.Description: xv, 196 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781557534545 (pbk.) :
- 1557534543 (pbk.) :
- Perceptions of a "real job"
- Rhetoric of work through the ages
- Perceptions of a real job
- HD4904 .W488 2008
Contents:
The ontology and history of work. The messy business of defining work; Philosophy and rhetoric of work -- Philosophers, rhetoricians, and activists. Plato and Aristotle: philosophies of labor; Confucius and St. Benedict: spiritual leaders; Adam Smith: the father of capitalism; Karl Marx: a challenge to capitalism; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: out of slavery; Mother Jones and Emma Goldman: labor activists; Emile Durkheim: the division of labor; Max Weber: the father of sociology and theorist of bureaucracy; Frederick Winslow Taylor: the father of scientific management; Mary Parker Follett: ahead of her time -- The meaning of work. Why work?: concluding remarks; Why work: an epilogue.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HD 4904 .W488 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 600995 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.
The ontology and history of work. The messy business of defining work; Philosophy and rhetoric of work -- Philosophers, rhetoricians, and activists. Plato and Aristotle: philosophies of labor; Confucius and St. Benedict: spiritual leaders; Adam Smith: the father of capitalism; Karl Marx: a challenge to capitalism; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: out of slavery; Mother Jones and Emma Goldman: labor activists; Emile Durkheim: the division of labor; Max Weber: the father of sociology and theorist of bureaucracy; Frederick Winslow Taylor: the father of scientific management; Mary Parker Follett: ahead of her time -- The meaning of work. Why work?: concluding remarks; Why work: an epilogue.
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