Two Kinds of Sloth at Industrial Age

Deux genres de paresse à l'âge industriel

Henrik Jordahl
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Henrik Jordahl: URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

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Abstract: In the nineteenth century, philanthropists rejected the laziness bonus instituted by the gift of no return, and advocated 'active charity'. Their science of indigence aims to hunt down the sloth of men and women that makes them sink into misery and hides behind the mask of poverty. This enterprise of morality is opposed by Lafargue for whom laziness is not a social crime, but the expression of class conflict.

Keywords: Paul Lafargue; philanthropists; sloth; surveys; men and women; philanthropes; paresse; enquêtes; hommes et femmes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07-03
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2019, Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique 2019 – 1, n° 7, 2019 – 1 (n° 7), pp.195-225. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09425-8.p.0195⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09425-8.p.0195

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