Description: Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition : A History of Labor and Human Flourishing, Paperback by Hanson, Jeffrey, ISBN 1350299464, ISBN-13 9781350299467, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The Platonic tradition affords extraordinary resources for thinking about the meaning and value of work. In this historical survey of the tradition, Jeffrey Hanson draws on the work of its major thinkers to explain why our contemporary vocabulary for appraising labor and its rewards is too narrow and cramped. By tracing out the Platonic lineage of work Hanson is able to argue why we should be explaining its value for appraising it as an element of a happy and flourishing human life, quite apart from its financial rewards. Beginning with Plato's extensive thinking about work's relationship to wisdom, Hanson covers the singularly powerful arguments of Augustine, who wrote the ancient world's only treatise dedicated to the topic of manual labor. He discusses Bernard of Clairvaux, introduces the priest-craftsman Theophilus Presbyter, and provides a study of work and leisure in the writings of Petrarch. Alongside Martin Luther, Hanson discusses John Ruskin and Simone Weil: two thinkers profoundly disturbed by the conditions of the working class in the rapidly industrializing economies of Europe. This original study of Plato and his inheritors' ideas provides practical suggestions for how to approach work in a socially responsible manner in the 21st century and reveals the benefits of linking work and morality.
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Book Title: Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition : A History of Lab
Number of Pages: 294 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Philosophies of Work in the Platonic Tradition : a History of Labor and Human Flourishing
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Christian Theology / History, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy
Author: Jeffrey Hanson
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
