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Emile Durkheim and the Value of Work for Modern Man
Bezoušková, Alena ; Mlynář, Jakub (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jiří (referee)
(in English) My bachelor thesis deals with Durkheim's conception of value of work for modern man. My interpretation is based on Durkheim's texts, in which he considers work as something, to what man is motivated by internalized social values. That is mainly his lecture on family, Suicide and lectures on professional ethics. According to Durkheim, for pre-modern people the most important value was preservation of a community, they lived in (broader family, professional group). Work was considered important because it contributed to this goal. In contrast modern people aren't members of stable and permanent communities, which preservation they could aim. Their motivation for work has its source in value of an economic growth, which dominates whole modern society. In final reflection I argue, that Durkheim's innovative theory of action (as Talcott Parsons describes it) had a direct impact on his analysis of work. Using the work of Hannah Arendt I also point out possible problematic nature of Durkheim's normative approach, which stress preservation of a community as one of essential moral values.
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