Why Work?
The Perceptions of "a Real Job" and the Rhetoric of Work Through the Ages
Published on 30. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-55753-454-5 (ISBN)
Description
Why Work explores 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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
West Lafayette
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55753-454-5 (9781557534545)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Robin Patric Clair is a Professor of Communication at Purdue University. Stephanie Bell, is a Senior Administrative Assistant for Urban Programming at the Center for Special Concerns, University of Notre Dame. Stephanie Mathes, serves as the Community Relations Assistant for the Indianapolis Colts, Kyle J. Hackbarth, is serving in the United States Army as a Forward Observer. Megan McConnell completed a clerkship with the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio.