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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The corrosion of character: Work and personality in the modern age
Beteiligte:
Fitzi, Gregor;
Mele, Vincenzo
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2017
Erschienen in:
Journal of Classical Sociology, 17 (2017) 2, Seite 143-155
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1177/1468795x17693436
ISSN:
1468-795X;
1741-2897
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Beschreibung:
The topic of this imaginary dialogue between Georg Simmel and Max Weber is the relation between work – in the sense of labour – and personality. Its aim is to show that the thinking of these ‘founding fathers’ of sociology can furnish valuable insight into the current issue of the corrosion of character in contemporary post-Fordist society. The concept of work still represents one of the major factors determining modern individuals’ ability (or inability) to formulate personal, stable identities that enable them to become fully socialized. Both Simmel and Weber make reference to a common theoretical background that views the human being as a creature with originally rational potential, who is faced with the task of becoming a personality by means of consciously chosen life behaviour: This is evident in the parallelism between Simmel’s interest in the concept of ‘style of life’ ( Der Stil des Lebens) and Weber’s research on the ‘life conduct’ ( Lebensführung) that arose in Western rationalistic culture.