Description

Book Synopsis

1: Introduction.- 2: Plato and Aristotle on Work.- 3: The Greeks Cynics on Work and Wealth.- 4. Work in the New Testament.- 5: Aquinas on Work.- 6: Luther on Vocation.- 7: Francis Bacon: Science Relieving the Burden of Labor.- 8. Locke: Ownership from Labor.- 9: Adam Smith and the Division of Labor.- 10: Hegel on Work’s Two-Sidedness.- 11: Tocqueville.- 12: Marx’s Theory of Work.- 13: Kierkegaard on the Laborer.- 14: Durkheim on Anomie.- 15:Giovanni Gentile on the Humanism of Labor, Spartaco Pupo.- 16: Weber’s Work Ethic.- 17: Mises: The Disutility of Labor.- 18: Hannah Arendt on Homo Faber and the Fragility of Human Action.- 19: The Woman’s Soul as “Shelter”: Edith Stein on the Work of Women.- 20: Michael Oakeshott on “The Deadliness of Doing”.- 21: Leisure and Work in Josef Pieper’s Philosophy of Human Nature and Culture of Public Service.- 22: Work in New Natural Law Theory.- 23: Work and Its Discontents: Geuss and Graber, Gülsen Seven.

The Concept of Work in the History of European Philosophy

    Product form

    £104.49

    Includes FREE delivery

    RRP £109.99 – you save £5.50 (5%)

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Mon 29 Jun 2026.

    A Hardback by Gene Callahan

    1 in stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of The Concept of Work in the History of European Philosophy by Gene Callahan

      Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
      Publication Date: 16/11/2025
      ISBN13: 9783031965463, 978-3031965463
      ISBN10:
      Also in:
      Economic theory and philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      1: Introduction.- 2: Plato and Aristotle on Work.- 3: The Greeks Cynics on Work and Wealth.- 4. Work in the New Testament.- 5: Aquinas on Work.- 6: Luther on Vocation.- 7: Francis Bacon: Science Relieving the Burden of Labor.- 8. Locke: Ownership from Labor.- 9: Adam Smith and the Division of Labor.- 10: Hegel on Work’s Two-Sidedness.- 11: Tocqueville.- 12: Marx’s Theory of Work.- 13: Kierkegaard on the Laborer.- 14: Durkheim on Anomie.- 15:Giovanni Gentile on the Humanism of Labor, Spartaco Pupo.- 16: Weber’s Work Ethic.- 17: Mises: The Disutility of Labor.- 18: Hannah Arendt on Homo Faber and the Fragility of Human Action.- 19: The Woman’s Soul as “Shelter”: Edith Stein on the Work of Women.- 20: Michael Oakeshott on “The Deadliness of Doing”.- 21: Leisure and Work in Josef Pieper’s Philosophy of Human Nature and Culture of Public Service.- 22: Work in New Natural Law Theory.- 23: Work and Its Discontents: Geuss and Graber, Gülsen Seven.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account