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oapen-20.500.12657-487922021-07-21T04:30:01Z Chapter 1 Introduction Boland, Tom Griffin, Ray Economic theology; Governmentality; Irrational rationality; Jobseeking; Welfare bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSB Welfare & benefit systems "Chapter 1 available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed by the left and right in politics, the contemporary welfare state attempts to transform the unemployed into active jobseekers, punishing non-compliance. Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life." 2021-05-26T09:48:55Z 2021-05-26T09:48:55Z 2021 chapter 9781529211320 9781529211351 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48792 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781529211344_Chapter 1.pdf https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-reformation-of-welfare Bristol University Press The Reformation of Welfare 10.47674/9781529211344.001 10.47674/9781529211344.001 1c3eed4f-33ba-4e18-91b5-cf9a96ff57ee 1c27f986-84c2-41f5-8945-4764237b1b84 9781529211320 9781529211351 42 Bristol open access
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"Chapter 1 available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed by the left and right in politics, the contemporary welfare state attempts to transform the unemployed into active jobseekers, punishing non-compliance.
Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life."
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