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The Reformation of Welfare : The New Faith of the Labour Market /

Inspired by ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boland, Tom (Autor), Griffin, Ray (Writer on strategic planning) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- 1 Introduction: Paradoxes of Welfare -- Our approach -- The new trials of Job -- Governing the unemployed -- Cruel to be kind? -- Theology resurrected -- What is at stake in this book? -- Outline -- 2 Archaic Anthropology: The Presence of the Past in the Present -- Why religion? Iconoclasm and critique -- Archaic anthropology -- Nietzsche: modernity as Christian 'slave morality' -- Weber: spirits and ethics in history 
505 0 |a Foucault: historicizing government as pastoral power -- Agamben: signatures of theology -- Conclusion -- 3 Reform: Policies and the Polity -- Reformers -- The politics of history -- Back to the future -- The politics of policy -- Reformation as transformation -- Tests and trials -- Conclusion -- 4 Vocation: Doing God's Work -- The ethos of work -- The work-ethic -- Deprived and depraved -- Laborae est orare: to work is to pray -- Conclusion -- 5 Purgatory: The Ideal of Purifying Suffering -- Doing nothing -- Welfare before welfare -- Purgatory on earth -- The economy of suffering -- Conclusion 
505 0 |a 6 Pilgrimage: The Interminable Ritual of Jobseeking -- Pilgrim's persistence -- Life and pilgrimage -- Christian pilgrimage -- Job pilgrimages: penance, waymarks and the Promised Land -- Penitential pilgrims: first steps -- Waymarks: the path to self-transformation -- What goes on the road ... -- Conclusion -- 7 Curriculum Vitae: Confessions of Faith in the Labour Market -- Curriculum vitae -- Curriculum vitae of the CV -- Faith in the labour market -- Governing the curriculum vitae -- Templates for transformation -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion: Parables of Welfare -- Know your history 
505 0 |a Finding theology hidden in plain sight -- A provocation -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover 
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