Brilliant! I love a good webpage, especially when it addresses things with which I torment myself. (If you’d like 2 to 4 more U.S. cents of my academic/sociologist’s opinion about ‘work,’ trying to help 22-yo figure out ‘work futures,’ etc, I’d be happy to natter on further.)
Oh...my brain is exploding...! What happens when we link 'work' with capital? Capitalism? Exchange of labor for compensation? What happens when my boss tells me that I should work hard because of a calling (not because I will ever get a raise or bonus)? Max Weber said, 'The Puritan wanted to work in a calling; we are forced to do so.' What difference does this make? What about Matthew Crawford's arguments about work in Shop Class as Soulcraft? Thanks for the essay...!
Oh no, you just gave me my writing assignments for the next 6 posts 😂 Thanks for the read and the comments. I’m totally serious, I’ll try to do posts on each of these starting with a post about Crawford’s central argument on SCASC. Thank you!
Brilliant! I love a good webpage, especially when it addresses things with which I torment myself. (If you’d like 2 to 4 more U.S. cents of my academic/sociologist’s opinion about ‘work,’ trying to help 22-yo figure out ‘work futures,’ etc, I’d be happy to natter on further.)
Oh...my brain is exploding...! What happens when we link 'work' with capital? Capitalism? Exchange of labor for compensation? What happens when my boss tells me that I should work hard because of a calling (not because I will ever get a raise or bonus)? Max Weber said, 'The Puritan wanted to work in a calling; we are forced to do so.' What difference does this make? What about Matthew Crawford's arguments about work in Shop Class as Soulcraft? Thanks for the essay...!
Alright, new post on SCASC -- thanks for the prompt! https://paulblaschko.substack.com/p/shop-class-as-soulcraft-an-argument?sd=pf
Also, in the meantime, you should check out the course page for the class I teach at ND on this stuff: https://workinglife.nd.edu
Oh no, you just gave me my writing assignments for the next 6 posts 😂 Thanks for the read and the comments. I’m totally serious, I’ll try to do posts on each of these starting with a post about Crawford’s central argument on SCASC. Thank you!