The German Professions in History and Theory

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ID23132767
AuthorsKonrad H Jarausch (corresponding author)
Year1990
Pages9-24
Publication date1990-05-10
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueGerman professions, 1800-1950 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780195055962.003.0002
OpenAlexW4388391446
ISBN9780195055962
LanguageEN
Citations received9

During the last two centuries, paid work has become a central dimension of the human experience. While the hours of toil have decreased and leisure time has been more sharply differentiated, a person’s occupation has turned from a series of intermittent jobs into a lifelong full-time pursuit. “Our work is always our mistress,” a German high school teacher typically reflected in 1937. “In this regard every true man is a kind of bigamist who is not as faithful in marriage as his wife. . . . He has something that he loves beyond her and to which he dedicates more time, energy, and often more passion. . . .” Crucial for material wellbeing, the occupational role has come to exert a considerable formative influence upon its members.

Dimension (graph theory) · Formative assessment · German · Passion · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Wife · Work (physics) · Engineering · Gender Studies · German Social Sciences and History · History · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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