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The Reinvention of Work: New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time, A
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.36
EAN: 9780060630621
ISBN: 0060630620
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: April 15, 1995
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: April 15, 1995
Studio: HarperOne
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In The Reinvention of Work, radical priest Matthew Fox draws on a rich legacy of great mystics and philosophers and proposes a spirituality of work. As Thomas Aquinas said, "To live well is to work well," and in this bold call for the revitalization of daily work, Fox shares his vision of a world where our personal and professional lives are celebrated in harmony--a world where the self is not sacrificed for a job but is sanctified by authentic "soul work."
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Rating:  - The societal search for meaningful employment
A wide ranging exploration of the meaning of work and a call for its resacralization from a creatively radical priest, this book offers both challenge and hope. Noting that hunter/gatherer societies had no unemployment whereas modern industrial society now forces more than one sixth of the planetary population into that state as a permanent condition, Fox pronounces the system a failure. We have created jobs without meaning and devastated the earth in the process. His call is for a redefinition of ... Read More
Rating:  - Personally appealing, largely impractical
In The Reinvention of Work, Matthew Fox brings together the work of Eastern and Western mystics, ancient, medieval, and modern, to propose a new paradigm for how we work and what we do. Citing Meister Eckhart, Thomas Aquinas, Hildegard von Bingen, the Bhagavad Gita, Tao Te Ching, Studs Terkel, Patch Adams, and progressive economists, Fox explores the concept of work and how it can be healthier physically, emotionally, and intellectually, but primarily socially, environmentally, and spiritually.
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Rating: - Discerning between the "practical" and the essential
This book is potentially personally revolutionary and is imminently practicable, no less so than any manifesto that has had an impact on human development. "Inner work," of course, is the key, and this is exactly where I believe many may cringe and cry, "Impractical!" Who has the time and inclination to work on him or her self when modern social institutions and technologies fill our lives so effectively? Isn't it obvious that human advancement and improvement will be provided ... Read More
Rating: - The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our
The Reinvention of Work changed the way I view work. As a Career Counselor I realized new ways to work with clients. The book helps one go deeper into understanding what we are really all about in relationship to work. It is not a self-help book and does not profess to be one. The book helps us step outside of ourselves and to consider what is important to each of us in our work beyond the paycheck. It truly creates a vision of what our work life can be if we take the time to listen to our inner ... Read More
Rating: - Positive, uplifting, and not terribly practical
Like most of Fox's books, this one ranges from the sublime (the cosmic implications of "true work") to the ridiculous (there's nothing sillier than a celibate priest writing about sex). And Fox's ego is far too much in evidence at times. Still, I'd recommend this book to anyone who's trying to rethink their relationship to "work." I picked it up at a time when I was undergoing immense life and career changes. Although it wasn't much help in practical decision-making, it did give ... Read More
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