The end of work : theological critiques of capitalism / John Hughes.
| Author/creator | Hughes, John |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007. |
| Description | xii, 247 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Illuminations--theory and religion Illuminations--theory and religion. ^A757645 |
| Contents | Twentieth-century theologies of work : Karl Barth, Marie-Dominique Chenu, John Paul II and Miroslav Volf -- Utility as the spirit of capitalism : Max Weber's diagnosis of modern work -- Labour, excess and utility in Karl Marx : the problem of materialism and the aesthetic -- John Ruskin and William Morris : an alternative tradition : labour and the theo-aesthetic in English Romantic critiques of capitalism -- The Frankfurt school : the critique of instrumental reason and hints of return to the theo-aesthetic within Marxism -- The end of work : rest, beauty and liturgy : the Catholic metaphysical critique of the culture of work and its incorporation into the English Romantic tradition : Josef Pieper, Jacques Maritain, Eric Gill and David Jones -- Concluding remarks : labour, utility and theology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007003784 |
| ISBN | 9781405158923 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1405158921 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781405158930 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 140515893X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BR 115.C3 H84 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |