Decadence and Objectivity: Ideals for Work in the Post-Consumer Society

by Lawrence Haworth

Haworth's concerns are urgent. Modern society, he argues, threatens to collapse under the burden of mindless growth. Its demands have begun to exhaust the world's resources. The pursuit of growth has hollowed out our social foundations. Advanced technology has emancipated us from toil but condemned us to work that is perceived as meaningless. The dissolution of traditional communities has resulted in a society which has no sense of common concern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802063985
• ISBN13: 9780802063984
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher