Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour

Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour

In February 1848, the provisional French government published a decree in which it committed itself to “guarantee the existence of the worker through work”. During the following months, a long and vigorous debate on the right to work took place in the National Assembly. The aim of the text is to exp...

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Main Author: Pablo Scotto Benito
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2019-01-01
Series:Oxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política
Subjects:
derecho al trabajo
derechos sociales
revolución francesa
marx
derechos humanos
Online Access:http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/oximora/article/view/27013
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spelling doaj-96136fc2184e423b947dcc2560e3560e2020-11-25T01:12:34ZcatUniversitat de BarcelonaOxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política2014-77082019-01-01014102110.1344/oxi.2019.i14.2701323084Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of LabourPablo Scotto BenitoIn February 1848, the provisional French government published a decree in which it committed itself to “guarantee the existence of the worker through work”. During the following months, a long and vigorous debate on the right to work took place in the National Assembly. The aim of the text is to explain the meaning of this right at this historic moment. Did it consist in the commitment on the part of the State to give a job to the unemployed? Or was it, instead, a more ambitious demand? Does the right to work of 1848 have anything to do with the idea that workers have the right to the fruits of their labour? To answer these questions we will go back to the French Revolution, when the discourse of rights burst onto the political scene, and we will trace some of its transformations in the following years.http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/oximora/article/view/27013derecho al trabajoderechos socialesrevolución francesamarxderechos humanos
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Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
Oxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política
derecho al trabajo
derechos sociales
revolución francesa
marx
derechos humanos
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title Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
title_short Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
title_full Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
title_fullStr Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
title_full_unstemmed Origin and Meaning of the Right to Work: Between the Right to Existence and the Right to the Fruits of Labour
title_sort origin and meaning of the right to work: between the right to existence and the right to the fruits of labour
publisher Universitat de Barcelona
series Oxímora. Revista Internacional de Ética y Política
issn 2014-7708
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description In February 1848, the provisional French government published a decree in which it committed itself to “guarantee the existence of the worker through work”. During the following months, a long and vigorous debate on the right to work took place in the National Assembly. The aim of the text is to explain the meaning of this right at this historic moment. Did it consist in the commitment on the part of the State to give a job to the unemployed? Or was it, instead, a more ambitious demand? Does the right to work of 1848 have anything to do with the idea that workers have the right to the fruits of their labour? To answer these questions we will go back to the French Revolution, when the discourse of rights burst onto the political scene, and we will trace some of its transformations in the following years.
topic derecho al trabajo
derechos sociales
revolución francesa
marx
derechos humanos
url http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/oximora/article/view/27013
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