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Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition
- A History of Labor and Human Flourishing
Engelsk
Bogcover for Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition af Professor Jeffrey Hanson, 9781350299467
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Engelsk
Sider:
294
ISBN-13:
9781350299467
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350299464
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Udg. Dato:
19 okt 2023
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
19 okt 2023
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Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition

- A History of Labor and Human Flourishing
Engelsk
Paperback 2023
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The Platonic tradition affords extraordinary resources for thinking about the meaning and value of work. In this historical survey of the tradition, Jeffrey Hanson draws on the work of its major thinkers to explain why our contemporary vocabulary for appraising labor and its rewards is too narrow and cramped. By tracing out the Platonic lineage of work Hanson is able to argue why we should be explaining its value for appraising it as an element of a happy and flourishing human life, quite apart from its financial rewards.

Beginning with Plato’s extensive thinking about work’s relationship to wisdom, Hanson covers the singularly powerful arguments of Augustine, who wrote the ancient world’s only treatise dedicated to the topic of manual labor. He discusses Bernard of Clairvaux, introduces the priest-craftsman Theophilus Presbyter, and provides a study of work and leisure in the writings of Petrarch. Alongside Martin Luther, Hanson discusses John Ruskin and Simone Weil: two thinkers profoundly disturbed by the conditions of the working class in the rapidly industrializing economies of Europe.

This original study of Plato and his inheritors’ ideas provides practical suggestions for how to approach work in a socially responsible manner in the 21st century and reveals the benefits of linking work and morality.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
294
ISBN-13:
9781350299467
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350299464
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
19 okt 2023
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,6
Oplagsdato:
19 okt 2023
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