WORK AS AN ENIGMA

Objections are raised against the widespread idea that work is not, on neither a scientific nor a practical level, enigmatic. Denying the en igmatic nature of work is, in fact, what best defines work today. Surv eys in the psychodynamics of work and in ergonomics bring to light thr ee basic dimensions necessary to performing work: ingenuity, cooperati on and subjective mobilization. Central to self-fulfillment and social bonding, work as a concept cannot be separated from a theory of socie ty.