Joy in Work, German Work : : The National Debate, 1800-1945 / / Joan Campbell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Campbell, Joan,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1009
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (444 p.)

This book analyzes in vivid detail the German debate about the importance and meaning of work as it changed under the impact of industrialization, with special emphasis on the period between the two world wars. A social history of ideas, it covers the writings of such thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber, but also examines contributions made by industrial psychologists, engineers, educators, and others who actively promoted reforms designed to solve the problem of alienation whether by changing the nature of work or by altering worker attitudes. A final section deals with the National Socialists, who promised to reinvigorate the German work ethic, restore joy in work, and reintegrate the German worker into the Volk community. The author draws our attention particularly to the Third Reich's policies and institutions aimed at realizing these Nationalist Socialist objectives concerning the worker. In so doing, Joan Campbell shows how the history of the idea of work deepens our understanding of the origins, nature, and appeal of Nazism. In a broader context, she uses her sources to explore the relationship between social and intellectual change.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE PROBLEM OF WORK -- II. WORK AND REVOLUTION -- III. THE BOURGEOIS ETHIC OF WORK -- IV. THE SOCIAL QUESTION AND THE REFORM OF WORK IN IMPERIAL GERMANY -- V. THE SCIENCE OF WORK BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR -- VI. THE QUEST FOR UTOPIA -- VII. THE RATIONALIZATION OF PRODUCTION AND THE HUMANIZATION OF WORK -- VIII. THE HUMANIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- IX. ATTITUDES TOWARDS MODERN WORK -- X. THE WORK ETHIC RECONSIDERED -- XI. THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF THE WORKER -- XII. THE PROBLEM OF WORK IN THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM -- XIII. NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND THE PROBLEM OF WORK -- XIV. WORK AND THE WORKER IN THE THIRD REICH -- XV. JOY IN WORK, GERMAN WORK? -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX