Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits (The Ethics of Everyday Life)

Gilbert C. Meilaender Presents Varied Readings That Explore Many Of The Ways In Which Human Beings Have Thought About The Role Of Work In Life - Its Meanings, Its Limits, And Its Relation To The Other Obligations, To The Life Cycle, To Play, And To Rest. The Readings In This Volume Range In Time From The World Of Ancient Israel And The Classical World Of Greece And Rome To Contemporary American Society.--jacket. I. The Meanings Of Work. Work As Co-creation -- Work As Necessary For Leisure -- Work As Dignified But Irksome -- Work As Vocation -- Ii. The Limits Of Work. Rhythms Of Life -- Play -- Personal Bonds -- Historical Transformations -- Iii. Rest. Edited By Gilbert C. Meilaender. Includes Bibliographical References.