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Dejours, C Work and Subjectivity: Towards a Philosophical Anthropology From the Psychopathology to the Psychodynamics of Work 2012 Article Dejours, Christophe, Psychology of Work Dejours, Psychodynamics Of Work, Psychopathologies Of Work, Philosophical Anthropology, Anthropology, Subjectivity
Citation Dejours, C 2012 Article New Philosophies of Labour Dejours Psychodynamics Of Work Psychopathologies Of Work Philosophical Anthropology Anthropology Subjectivity Dejours, Christophe Psychology of Work

"Work and Subjectivity: Towards a Philosophical Anthropology From the Psychopathology to the Psychodynamics of Work"

by Dejours, C (2012)

Abstract

This essay was originally published to explain the theoretical bases of the psychodynamics of work. The use of specific designation aimed at obtaining the scientific communities recognition of the legitimacy and originality within the work sciences. Stemming from research on the mental pathologies related to work, the psychodynamics of work constitutes a wider field of investigation and research that the psychopathology of work which emerged in France in the 1950s. The broadening of the question has undoubtedly resulted from interdisciplinary comparisons within clinical approaches to suffering, as well as the social sciences.

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Dejours, Psychodynamics Of Work, Psychopathologies Of Work, Philosophical Anthropology, Anthropology, Subjectivity

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Dejours, Christophe, Psychology of Work

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