Why Work? The Perceptions of a Real Job and the Rhetoric of Work Through the Ages

Name: Why Work? The Perceptions of a Real Job and the Rhetoric of Work Through the Ages
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ISBN: 9781557534545

ISBN-10: 1557534543

ISBN-13: 9781557534545

Edition: 2008

Authors: Robin Patric Clair, Megan McConnell, Stephanie Bell, Kyle Hackbarth, Stephanie Mathes

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Why Workexplores the contemporary cultural construction of work, beginning with the expression, "A Real Job." This volume examines "work" in the writings of Aristotle, Plato, Confucius, St. Benedict, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, Mother Jones, Emma Goldman, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Frederick Winslow Taylor, and Mary Parker Follett to answer the question, "Can the concept of work be divorced from the thinker's past?" A final chapter re-examines the core issue in light of the vary concept of "work" and ask one more time "why work?" This work is a result of an Honors seminar at Purdue University.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Publication date: 1/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Preface



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


References


Index