We can look at the concept of work in broad terms. We all work. Unravelling the reasons why we work has long challenged philosophers and social scientists. On one level, the concept of what ...
MoreWe can look at the concept of work in broad terms. We all work. Unravelling the reasons why we work has long challenged philosophers and social scientists. On one level, the concept of what constitutes work is personal and idiosyncratic. Our culture impresses meaning onto us. What constitutes work? What constitutes leisure? The answers to these questions are culturally loaded. Work now is different from work in the past. The idea of a nine to five day is a recent phenomenon. In the past, leisure hardly featured. ‘Why work?’ looks how working has changed between generations and societies. ...
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