The end of work theological critiques of capitalism
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 be...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Malden, MA ; Oxford :
Blackwell Pub
2007
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| Colección: | Illuminations, theory and religion
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35029638*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Twentieth-century theologies of work : Karl Barth, Marie-Dominique Chenu, John Paul II and Miroslav Volf
- Utility as the spirit of capitalism : Max Weber's diagnosis of modern work
- Labour, excess and utility in Karl Marx : the problem of materialism and the aesthetic
- John Ruskin and William Morris : an alternative tradition : labour and the theo-aesthetic in English Romantic critiques of capitalism
- The Frankfurt school : the critique of instrumental reason and hints of return to the theo-aesthetic within Marxism
- 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
- Concluding remarks : labour, utility and theology.
