Decadence and Objectivity : : Ideals for Work in the Post-consumer Society / / Lawrence Haworth.
Haworth's concerns are urgent. Modern society, he argues, threatens to collapse under the burden of mindless growth. Its demands have begun to exhaust the world's resources. The pursuit of growth has hollowed out our social foundations. Advanced technology has emancipated us from toil but...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1977 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Decadence
- 2. Responsibility and the environment
- 3. Dissolution of community
- 4. Work and leisure
- 5. Town and village
- 6. Hegel and Mill
- 7. Objectivity
- 8. A professionalized society
- 9. From work to professionalism
- 10. The structure of leisure
- Afterword
- Index