Abstract

SCHWARTZ, Yves. Work and use of our faculty of concepts. Laboreal [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.2, e21496.  Epub Dec 01, 2023. ISSN 1646-5237.  https://doi.org/10.4000/laboreal.21496.

Addressed to Philosophy teachers, this text sums up the contributions offered by a university training aimed at filling the blanks on what is known about work. By revisiting concepts such as subject, values, health and norms… it is defended that all work, and even all human endeavor, is always, to different extents, one’s use of self and use of self by others. This may provide a generic work definition. However, it is noticed that knowledge “by others” rules the work activities in detriment to the knowledge at the core of “one’s use of self”. This would introduce an historical version of work, presenting it as a constraint, as it is characterized in social categories where inequalities stand out. The origin of this historical perspective is then questioned, suggesting that such drift from work is undoubtedly central to the anemia of current democracy.

Keywords : work; activity; conceptualization; democracy.

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