Work and Creativity: A Philosophical Study from Creation to Postmodernity - Hardcover

André LaCocque

 
9781978708976: Work and Creativity: A Philosophical Study from Creation to Postmodernity

Synopsis

The Bible highly praises human creativity. In fact, work belongs to Adam’s very creation, homo faber in the image of deus faber (Gen. 2:15). Human production is nevertheless seen in the Bible as imbued with an ambiguous value. In Work and Creativity, André LaCocque reflects on the biblical understanding of labor, juxtaposing texts from the book of Genesis with the conceptions of work of psychoanalysts and philosophers such as Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx, and proposing a dialectical approach to human work and creativity.

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About the Author

André LaCocque is professor emeritus of Hebrew Bible at Chicago Theological Seminary.

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