Language Evolution / edited Morten H. Cristiansen, Simon Kirby

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991000530189707536
• Autore: Cristiansen, H. Morten
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : Oxford University Press ; c2003
• ISBN: 0199244847
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 395 p. ; 21 cm
• Collana: Studies in the Evolution of Language ; 3
• Altri autori (Persone): Kirby, Simon
• Soggetti: Evoluzione del linguaggio
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes references bibliographical and index

Just work / / Russell Muirhead

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957863703321
• Autore: Muirhead Russell <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 9780674266186; 0674266188; 9780674041271; 0674041275
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.36
• Soggetti: Work - Philosophy; Work - Psychological aspects; Work - Social aspects; Work ethic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-204) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction 1. Democracy and the Value of Work 2. Fitting Work in the Contemporary Economy 3. The Justice of Fit 4. The Strains of Service 5. The Work Ethic and Callings 6. The Promise of Fulfillment 7. Friedan's Careerism 8. Work as a Practice Conclusion: The Place of Work Notes Acknowledgments Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This elegant essay on the justice of work focuses on the fit between who we are and the kind of work we do. Russell Muirhead shows how the common hope for work that fulfills us involves more than personal interest; it also points to larger understandings of a just society.