The concept of work in the history of European philosophy : by the sweat of your brow / Gene Callahan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Callahan, Gene

EBSCOhost

Series:

Palgrave studies in classical liberalism

Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Philosophy.

Work.

Philosophy, European.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

Contents:

1: Introduction

2: Plato and Aristotle on Work

3: The Greeks Cynics on Work and Wealth

4. Work in the New Testament

5: Aquinas on Work

6: Luther on Vocation

7: Francis Bacon: Science Relieving the Burden of Labor

8. Locke: Ownership from Labor

9: Adam Smith and the Division of Labor

10: Hegel on Works Two-Sidedness

11: Tocqueville

12: Marxs Theory of Work

13: Kierkegaard on the Laborer

14: Durkheim on Anomie

15:Giovanni Gentile on the Humanism of Labor, Spartaco Pupo

16: Webers Work Ethic

17: Mises: The Disutility of Labor

18: Hannah Arendt on Homo Faber and the Fragility of Human Action

19: The Womans Soul as Shelter: Edith Stein on the Work of Women

20: Michael Oakeshott on The Deadliness of Doing

21: Leisure and Work in Josef Piepers Philosophy of Human Nature and Culture of Public Service

22: Work in New Natural Law Theory

23: Work and Its Discontents: Geuss and Graber, Glen Seven.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 16, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Callahan, Gene The Concept of Work in the History of European Philosophy

ISBN:

9783031965470

3031965477

Publisher Number:

90102761578

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