'Concept of Labour' Workshop

Wednesday 29 November 2006

Work plays a crucial role in shaping the quality of life. It can bestow dignity or it can be a source of degradation. It can dominate us or be a vital source of self-expression.

This workshop on the concept of labour will explore some of the key philosophical problems that arise in relation to work, notably: the problem of its definition; the place and significance of work in the subject's life, the debate around the centrality of work; the place of work in social life, the definition and description of the social division of labour.

Speakers are invited to revisit the classical philosophical literature on work (including Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, and Hannah Arendt) and to offer critical perspectives on contemporary theoretical approaches to work.

Program

9.30-9.45        Coffee

9.45-10.00      Welcome and opening comments (Director of CRSI)

10.00-11.15    Jean- Philippe Deranty, "Subjectivity, technique, recognition: problems in the definition of work"

11.15-11.30    Tea break

11.30-1.00      Andrew Murphie, "Auditland - Education and Cognitive Labour"

1.00-2.00        Lunch (provided)

2.00-3.15        John Rundell, "Hunting, Fishing, Thinking: Beyond the Division of Labour?"

3.15-3.30        Tea break

Workshop venue

Senate Room, Lincoln Building, C8A (centre of the campus)

How to get there

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Registration & RSVP

Registration is free
Morning / afternoon tea and lunch will be provided

RSVPs are required for catering purposes. To RSVP please email crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au
Convenors

The workshop is convened and organised by the Critical Theory and Social Hope cluster of the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion.