Dignity and work: global market and self-sustenance
Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Dignity and work: global market and self-sustenance | |
| Creator | Venter, J.J. (Ponti) | |
| Description | It is argued here that market fundamentalistic theories ignore the issue of human agency in work, and the different types of work, because – focussing on the market mechanism, supply, demand, and price - they have lost track of that which economic activities (work) are intended for, namely self-sustenance. They have also minimised human agency in the economic theory, and therefore the understanding of being-human is lost from both economic theory and practice. Thus they cannot explicate the role of work for the individual and the community – namely care for self and others – the significance quality work as part of human dignity is forgotten. I am arguing for a restoring of meaningful self-sustenance as the norm for work, and the recognition of the dignifying role of such self-sustenance – both for the community and the individual. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-04-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/td.v3i1.315 | |
| Source | The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 3, No 1 (2007); 36 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434 | |
| Language | eng | |
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