The end of work : theological critiques of capitalism / / John Hughes
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| Autore: |
Hughes John <1978-2014, >
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| Titolo: |
The end of work : theological critiques of capitalism / / John Hughes
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, Massachusetts ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Carlton, Victoria : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007] |
| ©2007 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 261.85 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capitalism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| Labor - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Work - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 connection between Marxist and Christian traditions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The end of work |
| ISBN: | 1-281-06951-5 |
| 9786611069513 | |
| 0-470-69416-5 | |
| 0-470-76614-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830176803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Illuminations--theory and religion.