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UNINA9910830176803321 |
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Autore |
Hughes John <1978-2014, > |
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The end of work : theological critiques of capitalism / / John Hughes |
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Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] |
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©2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-06951-5 |
9786611069513 |
0-470-69416-5 |
0-470-76614-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Collana |
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Illuminations: theory and religion |
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Soggetti |
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Capitalism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Labor - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Work - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword. Preface. Introduction: Work in the Christian Tradition. 1. Twentieth-century Theologies of Work: Karl Barth, Marie-Dominique Chenu, John Paul II and Miroslav Volf. 2. Utility as the Spirit of Capitalism: Max Weber's Diagnosis of Modern Work. 3. Labour, Excess and Utility in Karl Marx: The Problem of Materialism and the Aesthetic. 4. John Ruskin and William Morris: An Alternative Tradition: Labor and the Theo-aesthetic in English Romantic Critiques of Capitalism. 5. The Frankfurt School: The Critique of Instrumental Reason and Hints of Return to the Theo-aesthetic within Marxism. 6. The end of Work: Rest, Beauty and Liturgy: The Catholic Metaphysical Critique of the Culture of Work and its Incorporation into the English Romantic Tradition: Josef Pieper, Jacques Maritain, Eric Gill and David Jones. 7. Concluding Remarks: Labor, Utility and Theology. Bibliography. Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hughes surveys 20th century theologies of work, contrasting differing approaches to consider the 'problem of labour' from a theological perspective. It is aimed at theologians concerned with how Christianity might engage in social criticism, as well as those interested in the |
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