eric hoffer social philosopher 1902-1983 in times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the...
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Eric HofferSocial Philosopher
1902-1983
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
1902-1983
Goethe: “ Freuet euch des wahren Scheins,/
Euch des ernsten Spieles:/ Kein Lebendiges ist ein Eins,/ Immer ist’s ein Vieles.“
(“Joy in true semblance take in any/ Earnest play:/ No living thing is one, I say/ But always Many.” – trans. by Christopher Middleton).
Values change
Source: Ronald Inglehart and Christian Welzel, Modernization, Cultural Change and Democracy. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005: p. 64
Materialism Post-materialism
Conservatism Liberalism
Kant’s metaphysics
Terminal values
Instrumental values
Substitutable values
Unique values
Rokeach values survey
”By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken.”
A job is just a way of earning money
A job is a duty
A job is a pleasure
Work-related values
Internal vs. External career
Career anchors (Schein, 1993)
ManagerialCompetence Technical/
FunctionalCompetence
Creativity
Lifestyle
Security/Stability Autonomy andIndependence
Service Pure challenge
* This statistic and following are excerpted from The SOROS foundation study on Work-related attitudes in Romania, December 2008
Workplace characteristics - Romania
Workplace characteristics – Romania vs. rest of the world
Workplace characteristics
Organizational committment
Individualism/ colectivism