- Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
- Edited by Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
Il lavoro come arte: William Morris e la riscoperta del lavoro artigiano
- Matteo Colombo
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- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.78
Work plays a central role in the reflections of William Morris. According to Morris, industrial society is based on an organization of labor that debases the human being, reduced to a machine among machines, while art and beauty are destined for a select few. This was not the case in the Middle Ages, where every craftsman was also an artist. Morris then proposes a return to the pre-industrial organizational model, based on an idea of work practical and theoretical, collaborative, creative, in order to restore dignity to workers and allow everyone to experience the beauty of art, even in the humblest of jobs and products made. The paper highlights the main theoretical nodes of the author's thought, highlighting in the conclusion its main critical issues and insights for today.
- Keywords:
- Morris,
- Arts and Crafts,
- Utopian socialism,
- Industrial society,
- Work and leisure,
ADAPT-Association for International and Comparative Studies in Labour and Industrial Relations, Italy
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Il lavoro come arte: William Morris e la riscoperta del lavoro artigiano
Authors
Matteo Colombo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.78
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
Editors
Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
1894
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7
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979-12-215-0245-9
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979-12-215-0319-7
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Series Title
Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
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2704-5919