TY - BOOK
T1 - New philosophies of labour
T2 - work and the social bond
A2 - Smith, Nicholas H.
A2 - Deranty, Jean-Philippe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - One of the most vexing questions in contemporary political philosophy and social theory concerns the framework within which to undertake a normatively well-grounded, empirically attuned critique of capitalist society. This volume takes the debate forward by proposing a new framework that emphasizes the central anthropological significance of work (its role in constituting human subjectivity) as well as the role work has in the formation of social bonds. Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel and the post-Hegelian tradition of critical social theory, special attention is given to the significance of recognition in work, the problems of misrecognition generated in the present culture of capitalism, and the normative resources available for criticising it.
AB - One of the most vexing questions in contemporary political philosophy and social theory concerns the framework within which to undertake a normatively well-grounded, empirically attuned critique of capitalist society. This volume takes the debate forward by proposing a new framework that emphasizes the central anthropological significance of work (its role in constituting human subjectivity) as well as the role work has in the formation of social bonds. Drawing on the philosophy of Hegel and the post-Hegelian tradition of critical social theory, special attention is given to the significance of recognition in work, the problems of misrecognition generated in the present culture of capitalism, and the normative resources available for criticising it.
KW - Labor--Philosophy
KW - Work--Philosophy
KW - Work--Social aspects
M3 - Edited Book/Anthology
SN - 9789004209763
T3 - Social and critical theory
BT - New philosophies of labour
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden ; Boston
ER -