Concept tag
#recognition
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What makes a job meaningful? Notes from a job centre
Philosophers have called work a curse, a calling and a site of alienation. Sitting in Berlin's job centres has convinced me that meaning in work is less a private feeling than a social structure.
Started by Johanna Reinhardt0 replies148 views -
Is Iris Marion Young right that most injustice is not about who gets what?
I teach Young's Justice and the Politics of Difference (1990) every year, and every year the same split appears in the seminar. Young argued that political philosophy had been captured by the "distributive paradigm": it treats justice as the fair division of…
Started by Femke Bosman6 replies294 views -
Searle’s “X counts as Y in C” leaves out the power that makes people accept it
My fieldwork is in job centres. A person walks in and, after one interview, counts as a jobseeker. The status comes with obligations (attend, apply, report), sanctions if they fail, and a set of things the officer may now do to them.…
Started by Johanna Reinhardt6 replies294 views