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“Leisure” as “Responsibility” — Why Must We Critique Capitalism?

Culture & Public Commentary2021.01.05
“Leisure” as “Responsibility” — Why Must We Critique Capitalism?
Recently Pinduoduo has once again made the topic of 996 hot, and I said: “Whether overtime is reasonable, whether it is legal, how it should be compensated, how it should be punished—let those questions be set aside for the moment. In any case, we should first make one thing clear: whether or not one works overtime has nothing to do with ‘personal striving.’ Because after I get off work I can study like mad, I can take on side jobs like mad, I can devote myself to public welfare… There are plenty of worthwhile causes to struggle for. To limit a person to struggling only for one boss is not…
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2021年1月5日
On Civil Servants

Culture & Public Commentary2014.11.30
On Civil Servants
I’d promised two current-affairs commentaries plus two book reviews every week, but my habitual procrastination put me off for a whole week. Starting today, I’m officially kicking into gear. The commentaries and reviews may be very short in length; their main purpose is to keep me in writing shape. The long-parked conference travelogue will also be produced sometime in the next few days. Today is the day of the national civil service exam. I hear that this year’s number of applicants has fallen to the lowest level in five years. Perhaps that is because civil service pay has declined; perhaps it is because young people nowadays are increasingly opinionated; or…
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2014年11月30日
[German] Josef Pieper: “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” — ★

Culture & Public Commentary2009.03.22
[German] Josef Pieper: “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” — ★
[German]Josef Pieper: “Leisure—the Basis of Culture.” Liu Senyao trans., Xinxing Press2005. I often have the feeling of being mischievously—though benevolently—teased by fate: people, classes, books, and so on keep crossing my path at one奇妙 moment or another. As far as books are concerned, it is often just when a set of ideas has taken shape in my mind that a book appears before me that seems as if I myself had written it. Friends who heard me talk about my philosophical views at Xindao yesterday afternoon will probably feel quite亲切 when they see some of the quotations below, as if they were simply repeating what I said yesterday. But this…
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2009年3月22日

标签：leisure

“Leisure” as “Responsibility” — Why Must We Critique Capitalism?

“Leisure” as “Responsibility” — Why Must We Critique Capitalism?

On Civil Servants

On Civil Servants

[German] Josef Pieper: “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” — ★

[German] Josef Pieper: “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” — ★