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Rethinking the Work Ethic in Premodern Europe

Rethinking the Work Ethic in Premodern Europe

Almási, Gábor
Lizzul, Giorgio

Hardcover

General European HistoryGeneral World HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 3031380916
ISBN13: 9783031380914
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 15 2023
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

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. Rather than a singular work ethic that left a decisive mark on the development of Western culture and economy, the volume stresses plurality. The essays draw on approaches from intellectual, social, and cultural history. They explore how, why, and in what contexts labour became an important and openly promoted value; who promoted or opposed hard work and for what reasons; and whether there was an early modern break with ancient and medieval discourses on work. These historicized visions of work ethics help enrich our understanding of present-day changing attitudes to work.

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