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Gurevich, P. S.
Labor as One of the Sides of Human Existence
// Philosophy and Culture.
2014. № 7.
P. 939-942.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=65284
Gurevich, P. S. Labor as One of the Sides of Human Existence
Abstract:
The author of the article notes that the sides of human existence mean the kind of life styles and human activities
that people can’t live without. In particular, labor has always accompanied human existence. However, the role
of labor is singular for each society and depends on the values of each particular culture. In the European history, for
example, labor has been glorified and appraised in poems but at the same time the role of labor has been underestimated
and his importance for human existence has been denied. The author of the present article bases himself on
the concept of labor offered by Karl Marx, in particular, his idea about labor being a true reflection of human nature.
Arguing with Marx’ conclusions, the author, at the same time, shows how popular his ideas have been as well as his
critics of the capital by using the two modes of human existence — to be or to have. The author also tries to discover
the natural and social grounds of labor as a special type of human activity. To study the issue the author uses historical
research methods. Pavel Gurevich describes how the concept of the genesis and development of labor as a specific
activity was created in the history of European philosophy. The author also provides a comparative analysis of the
theories of labor offered by Marx, Jaspers and Arendt. The novelty of the article is in the author’s intention to describe
labor as a side of human existence and therefore underline a special role of natural and social grounds in the genesis
of labor activity. The author also offers a hypothesis that labor is not always a necessary side of human existence but
only under certain conditions described in the article.
Keywords:
philosophy, human existence, human, human nature, labor, nature, transcendence, possession, function, sides of human existence.
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