Work pray code : when work becomes religion in Silicon Valley
Chen, Carolyn, 1971-2022
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Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. 'Work Pray Code' explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the line between work and religion and transforming the very nature of spiritual experience in modern life. Over the past 40 years, highly skilled workers have been devoting more time and energy to their jobs than ever before. They are also leaving churches, synagogues, and temples in droves - but they have not abandoned religion. Carolyn Chen spent more than five years in Silicon Valley, conducting a wealth of in-depth interviews and gaining unprecedented access to the best and brightest of the tech world. The result is a penetrating account of how work now satisfies workers' needs for belonging, identity, purpose, and transcendence that religion once met.
Main title:
Work pray code : when work becomes religion in Silicon Valley / Carolyn Chen.
Author:
Chen, Carolyn, 1971-, author
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Collation:
272 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780691219080 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
302.350979
Language:
English
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BRN:
2289684
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