Work revisited. the triple perfective dimensions of human work: an Aristotelian perspective.
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Kenyatta University
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The term 'work' is today one of the most common words on people's lips all over the world.
People talk of going to work, coming from work, looking for work or a job. People leave their
families, their homes, and even their children with strangers so as to go to work. Nor is it
uncommon to come across people who tell you that they have not had the time to think,
be with their spouses, their children, or their friends because of work. Work, therefore, has
become a culture of a kind. This paper first focuses on the perfective dimensions of work at
the psychic, intellective, volitive, spiritual and material levels, and then moves on to consider
work as the apt ambit for the integration of knowledge, ethical and political action and the
economic and cultural development of a people or a nation.
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Published in Chemchemi Vol 4: No.2, 2007
The term 'work' is today one of the most common words on people's lips all over the world. People talk of going to work, coming from work, looking for work or a job. People leave their families, their homes, and even their children with strangers so as to go to work. Nor is it uncommon to come across people who tell you that they have not had the time to think, be with their spouses, their children, or their friends because of work. Work, therefore, has become a culture of a kind. This paper first focuses on the perfective dimensions of work at the psychic, intellective, volitive, spiritual and material levels, and then moves on to consider work as the apt ambit for the integration of knowledge, ethical and political action and the economic and cultural development of a people or a nation.
The term 'work' is today one of the most common words on people's lips all over the world. People talk of going to work, coming from work, looking for work or a job. People leave their families, their homes, and even their children with strangers so as to go to work. Nor is it uncommon to come across people who tell you that they have not had the time to think, be with their spouses, their children, or their friends because of work. Work, therefore, has become a culture of a kind. This paper first focuses on the perfective dimensions of work at the psychic, intellective, volitive, spiritual and material levels, and then moves on to consider work as the apt ambit for the integration of knowledge, ethical and political action and the economic and cultural development of a people or a nation.
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Work, Human work, Aristotelian perspective