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  • The Return of Work in Critical Theory

    Self, Society, Politics

    by Christophe Dejours, Jean-Philippe Deranty, Emmanuel Renault, Nicholas H. Smith ...
    Series Book 56 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    From John Maynard Keynes’s prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our lives. This ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Psychopathology of Work

    Clinical Observations

    by Christophe Dejours ...
    Series series The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series
    This book examines the processes at issue in the onset of psychiatric disorders linked to stress in the workplace. Six clinical observations are presented: an acute psychosomatic decompensation (status asthmaticus); a delirious episode; a dementia-like confusional state; a sexuality disorder; two successive decompensations (one in a victim of workplace harassment and one in her aggressor); and a ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Return of Work in Critical Theory

    Self, Society, Politics

    by Jean-Philippe Deranty, Emmanuel Renault, Nicholas H. Smith, Christophe Dejours ...
    Series Book 56 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    From John Maynard Keynes’s prediction of a fifteen-hour workweek to present-day speculation about automation, we have not stopped forecasting the end of work. Critical theory and political philosophy have turned their attention away from the workplace to focus on other realms of domination and emancipation. But far from coming to an end, work continues to occupy a central place in our lives. This ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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  • An Introduction to Social Work Theory

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  • Human Development

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