Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.
Contents:
The ontology and history of work. The messy business of defining work; Philosophy and rhetoric of work -- Philosophers, rhetoricians, and activists. Plato and Aristotle: philosophies of labor; Confucius and St. Benedict: spiritual leaders; Adam Smith: the father of capitalism; Karl Marx: a challenge to capitalism; Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: out of slavery; Mother Jones and Emma Goldman: labor activists; Emile Durkheim: the division of labor; Max Weber: the father of sociology and theorist of bureaucracy; Frederick Winslow Taylor: the father of scientific management; Mary Parker Follett: ahead of her time -- The meaning of work. Why work?: concluding remarks; Why work: an epilogue.
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