"Work is Worship" is an age old saying which implies the importance that has been given to work. As per Geeta without Karma (work) the world cannot exist.But what this work mean ? Work in modern world mean any activity that consume physical or mental energy for the production of some goods or services is called work. But the concept of work has not been same all the time. the number of activities and theier type and their nature has constantly changed from premodern world to the modern world.The other aspect of work is who works on what activities for example we have many
activities to be done in our society, some produces food, some processes food, some make crafts, others work on factories etc.The type of work also affects your social position and economic wellbeing. sometimes the choices are forced and sometime an individual is free to choose the type
of work depending upon is ability. We may cite here examples of dalits who despite availablity of other jobs are forced to do the traditional job which their caste has been doing the the priviledged caste hindus. work determines the economic relations between people and thus the social relations. Even the matrimonial relations are affected by work. A prestigious family would not marry their son to the daughter of working class family or a upper class family girl would find difficult to marry a boy who is not earning sufficient or the kind of job he is doing.
In ancient India work division was done on the basis of birth, people who were born in a particular caste had to do the work that people of that caste have been doing for all his life. He had no choices. the type of work was very important as people who were doning manual work were througt
to be inferior while those engaged in non-physical work like teaching, fighing, governing wre treated with much respect and awe. they commanded higher position in the society like brahmins who were the teachers and the kshatriyas who were the governors.Its the work and birth to a caste(which
defined work to be done) which led to the expoitation of the lower caste people who were engaged in menial jobs.
but after the advent of industrialization and urbanization there were many new kinds of works generated. The new factories needed workers in large numbers, and many lower caste people got the chance escape the stigma attached with thier work, to move up in the ladder of heirarchy in the society.Industrialization also brought change in the ownership of work. In contrast to the earlier practice of working at home, in fields people now worked on workshop. they did not own
now their creation but they sold their labor. This marks the dismissal of ownership a worker had on the product he produced which was now transferred to the factory owner. There has always been values attached to the work that a person do. this value could be prestige of guilt.
We see in today's world that a white color job is treated as a prestigious job, a government job is a prestigious job on the other hand working as a washerman, a shoe mender has a negative sense attached to it. In India there has always been a contempt for the physical labour.
which is not true for all cultures for example in Judaism physical work is respected more than the non-physical work. Such values also have impact on the values of work and on the lives of people who do these jobs. thus we see the work affects every aspect of a person's life and also society as a whole.
activities to be done in our society, some produces food, some processes food, some make crafts, others work on factories etc.The type of work also affects your social position and economic wellbeing. sometimes the choices are forced and sometime an individual is free to choose the type
of work depending upon is ability. We may cite here examples of dalits who despite availablity of other jobs are forced to do the traditional job which their caste has been doing the the priviledged caste hindus. work determines the economic relations between people and thus the social relations. Even the matrimonial relations are affected by work. A prestigious family would not marry their son to the daughter of working class family or a upper class family girl would find difficult to marry a boy who is not earning sufficient or the kind of job he is doing.
In ancient India work division was done on the basis of birth, people who were born in a particular caste had to do the work that people of that caste have been doing for all his life. He had no choices. the type of work was very important as people who were doning manual work were througt
to be inferior while those engaged in non-physical work like teaching, fighing, governing wre treated with much respect and awe. they commanded higher position in the society like brahmins who were the teachers and the kshatriyas who were the governors.Its the work and birth to a caste(which
defined work to be done) which led to the expoitation of the lower caste people who were engaged in menial jobs.
but after the advent of industrialization and urbanization there were many new kinds of works generated. The new factories needed workers in large numbers, and many lower caste people got the chance escape the stigma attached with thier work, to move up in the ladder of heirarchy in the society.Industrialization also brought change in the ownership of work. In contrast to the earlier practice of working at home, in fields people now worked on workshop. they did not own
now their creation but they sold their labor. This marks the dismissal of ownership a worker had on the product he produced which was now transferred to the factory owner. There has always been values attached to the work that a person do. this value could be prestige of guilt.
We see in today's world that a white color job is treated as a prestigious job, a government job is a prestigious job on the other hand working as a washerman, a shoe mender has a negative sense attached to it. In India there has always been a contempt for the physical labour.
which is not true for all cultures for example in Judaism physical work is respected more than the non-physical work. Such values also have impact on the values of work and on the lives of people who do these jobs. thus we see the work affects every aspect of a person's life and also society as a whole.
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