What Is Work? Key Insights From the Psychodynamics of Work

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ID4480649
AuthorsJ P Deranty (0000-0003-3860-4371, Macquarie University, corresponding author), Jean-Philippe Deranty
Year2009
Volume98
Issue1
Pages69-87
Publication date2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0725513609105484
OpenAlexW2079350602
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited12

This article aims to present some of the main results of contemporary French psychodynamics of work. The writings of Christophe Dejours constitute the central references in this area. His psychoanalytical approach, which is initially concerned with the impact of contemporary work practices on individual health, has implications that go well beyond the narrow psycho-pathological interest. The most significant theoretical development to have come out of Dejours's research is that of Yves Clot, whose writings will constitute the second reference point in this article. The article attempts to demonstrate that the thick definition of work that Dejours and Clot operate with, as a result of their focus on its psychological function, speaks directly, in substantial and critical ways, to all disciplines with an interest in work, to philosophers, social theorists and social scientists, including economic theorists

Epistemology · Psychoanalysis · Psychodynamics · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis · Philosophy · Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology

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