The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional EnemiesMonograph on a philosophy for restoring quality of life to modern society - contends that autonomous activities, in which both rich and poor people might find a sense of creativity and freedom, have been thwarted by professionalism, technocracy, and the pursuit of productivity. |
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Page 12
... political , and juridical systems otherwise clearly and sometimes violently opposed to one another . Now the picture has changed . A hallmark of advanced and enlightened technical competence is a self - confident community ...
... political , and juridical systems otherwise clearly and sometimes violently opposed to one another . Now the picture has changed . A hallmark of advanced and enlightened technical competence is a self - confident community ...
Page 25
... political factions and regimes otherwise violently opposed to one another . In this way , ever larger pieces of our lives are so transformed that life itself comes to depend almost exclusively on the consumption of commodities sold on ...
... political factions and regimes otherwise violently opposed to one another . In this way , ever larger pieces of our lives are so transformed that life itself comes to depend almost exclusively on the consumption of commodities sold on ...
Page 55
... political event . The new profession creates a new hierarchy , new clients and outcasts , and a new strain on the budget . But , also , each new establishment of professional legiti- macy means that the political tasks of lawmaking ...
... political event . The new profession creates a new hierarchy , new clients and outcasts , and a new strain on the budget . But , also , each new establishment of professional legiti- macy means that the political tasks of lawmaking ...
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Disabling Professions | 38 |
Enabling Distinctions | 65 |
Copyright | |
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