Lessem / Bradley Evolving Work

Employing Self and Community
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-12868-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 334 Seiten

Reihe: Transformation and Innovation

The idea of Self and the authenticity of particular identities have been rapidly dissolving in the acids of post-modern globalizing capitalism. The hegemony of patterns of work, wage-labor and the operation of labor markets in the American West (and European North) has ridden rough-shod over distinctive ways of enabling communities to flourish in many parts of the Southern and Eastern worlds (Global South). But, this is not inevitable. Indeed, as this book indicates, there are many practical examples across the globe – that connect with some of the most significant theoretical challenges to the operation of de-humanizing work – which reveal that a profound reversal is taking place. As such, the core theme of this book is to show that a movement is occurring whereby self-employment can be transformed into communal work that employs the Self in ways that release the authentic vocations of people, individually and collectively.

The approach taken in these chapters traverses the globe, utilizing the original ‘integral worlds’ model that will be familiar to students of the Trans4M/Routledge Transformation and Innovation series, developed over more than a decade. Such a standpoint points the way to the release of particular social and economic cultures in each of what we term the four "realities" or "worldviews" of South, East, North and Western worlds. In this book we use the methodology of GENEalogy – identifying the realms associated with each world – to show how the rhythms, that is Grounding, Emergence, Navigation and Effect, of each is leading to greater economic, social and spiritual freedom for individuals, organizations, communities and, indeed, entire societies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lessem, Ronnie

Bradley, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Releasing GENEius: Integral Vocation at Work

South

Grounding

2. Communal Livelihoods

Emergence

3. Civil Economy

Navigation

4. Relational Sociology

Effect

5. The Work of HEALING, Communitalism, Pax Herbals

East

Grounding

Chapter 6 Noetics of Nature

Emergence

7. Economics of the Household

Navigation

8. Commonwealth

Effect

9. The Work of AWAKENING: Shramadama, Sarvodaya

North

10. Grounding

Quest for Economic Meaning

Emergence

11. New Critique of Political Economy

Navigation

12. The Otium of the People

Effect

13. Work as LIBERATION: Open Source: Linux

West

Grounding

14. Politics and Economics of Virtue

Emergence

15. Basic Income, Guild Socialism and Economic Democracy

Navigation

16. Social Credit Economics

Effect

17. Work DEMOCRACY: Integral Banking/Communipreneurship: Ciser

Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Ronnie Lessem is a Co-Founder of Trans4m. He has been a management educator and consultant in Africa, Asia, Europe and America and is the author of over 30 books on the development of self, business and society.

Reverend Tony Bradley is a member of the research team within the SERCH Centre of Liverpool Hope Business School and Associate Director, SEED.