Why Work?: The Perceptions of "A Real Job" and the Rhetoric of Work through the Ages

by Stephanie Bell, Stephanie Mathes, Kyle Hackbarth, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557534543
• ISBN13: 9781557534545
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.8"