The end of work : theological critiques of capitalism / John Hughes.

Author/creator Hughes, John
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Descriptionxii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesIlluminations--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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and index.
LCCN 2007003784
ISBN9781405158923 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1405158921 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405158930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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