SOSC 1000 Lecture 6: lecture #6- work & class
8 Feb 2017
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What is work, alienation and class, employment (main st. to bay st. , top ten lists: pay, danger and crime, labour and law, perspectives on labour and management (if time, westray. Work: reinhart : work is a central human activity, which differentiates us from one another. Has a profound impact on those who do it. The second kind of work: telling others to do stuff tends to be pleasant, well paid and somewhat safer. Second definition : adam smith: an activity, requiring the worker to give up his tranquility, his freedom and his happiness in order to live. Third definition- nells anderson: work is the continuous employment in the production of goods and services for pay, everything else is labour (labour isn"t paid). Fourth definition- reinhart- any activity that entail the provision of goods and services for others. In today"s world your occupation largely shapes the routine of your life and shapes who you are.
