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A munka és az oktatás – jövőképek tegnap és ma
Work and Education – Visions for Yesterday and Today

Author(s): István Polónyi
Subject(s): Sociology of Education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: bullshit jobs; post-industrialisation; third and fourth industrial revolutions; future scenarios on work and education;

Summary/Abstract: This paper seeks to shed light on past visions of the future of work and education, and on those of the late 20th century. The paper first describes Keynes’ prediction of radically declining working hours and the ideas that explain the failure of this theory – first of all Graeber’s theory of bullshit jobs, and then the resulting buffet courses in higher education. The paper then examines the impact of post-industrialisation on work and education, and then discusses the similar effects of the information economy and the third and fourth industrial revolutions. Finally, the paper briefly discusses future scenarios for the evolution of work and education.

  • Issue Year: 32/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 639-654
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Hungarian