Almási, Gábor
(ed.)
Lizzul, Giorgio
(ed.)
Editorial: Springer
Número de páginas: 346 págs.
Fecha de edición: 15-11-2023
EAN: 9783031380914
ISBN: 978-3-031-38091-4
Precio (sin IVA): 155,21 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 161,42 €
This book investigates how work ethics in Europe were conceptualised from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. Through analysis of a range of discourses, it focuses on the roles played by intellectuals in formulating, communicating, and contesting ideas about work and its ethical value. The book moves away from the idea of a singular Weberian work ethic as fundamental to modern notions of work and instead emphasises how different languages of work were harnessed for a variety of social, intellectual, religious, economic, political, and ideological objectives.