- Perhaps now with some companies starting to move away from the traditional system, there is a sort of return to the 1960s/1970s revolution for freedom to be and freedom from "the Man." Not sure this would work...?
- 18th century established a concept of rationality, one of its later fruits was the 9 to 5. It became a very methodical, systematical way to unify the country's workforce and keep track of the boom of everyone who was working.
- In the 19th century, the concept of nationalism could also relate to this idea that unifying everyone, or putting everyone into the same system created a bond among Americans.
All of them do relate to one another, but I think the biggest pattern I've seen is that history is starting to repeat itself. I feel that society is beginning again the cycle of freeing itself from the norms of tradition, and breaking out of the rational system that's been the norm since the Enlightenment.
I'm glad you did this topic as I think it will be interesting to think about where our 9 to 5 work culture came from. I think you're right that it probably does have Enlightenment and Nationalistic roots. While you probably already have some of this, I think it would be important to think of some of the historical/current events that show why we need to change the way we think about the 9 to 5 workplace.
ReplyDeleteI agree with sean. The 9 to 5 system was a huge success for the time it was created. The way that it organized the workforce was great for its time. If you could talk about how times have changed which require a new one that would be powerful.
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