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The meaning of work and its context: A reinterpretation of bartleby, the scrivener by herman melville
Giuseppe Ruvolosubject
LiteratureReinterpretationwork psychopathologyIdeological cultural models of work relationshipbusiness.industryPhilosophy05 social sciencesContext (language use)Meaning (non-linguistic)030227 psychiatryEpistemology03 medical and health sciencesPhilosophy0302 clinical medicineliterary text psychology0502 economics and businessScrivenerIdeological cultural models of work relationships; literary text psychology; work psychopathology;Settore M-PSI/06 - Psicologia Del Lavoro E Delle Organizzazionibusiness050203 business & managementdescription
By means of a critical reinterpretation of the famous short story by Herman Melville titled “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” I propose a psycho-anthropological explanation of work behaviors, relationships in work environments, and their psychopathological repercussions. The article notably examines behaviors and work relationships connecting them as outcomes of single individuals' efforts to mentalize ideological–cultural models determining them in a given historical moment. A reductively individualistic interpretation is criticized, which is typically present in clinical and work psychology and ascribes to the single person presumed psychical deficits and exclusively looks in his/her personal history for causes of disadaptive behaviors and antecedents of psychopathological formations
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-04 |