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The craftsman

Author: Richard Sennett
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Defining craftsmanship far more broadly than "skilled manual labor," Richard Sennett maintains that the computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and even the parent and citizen engage in a craftsman's work. Craftsmanship names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, says the author, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. In this  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Richard Sennett
ISBN: 9780300119091 0300119097 9780300151190 0300151195
OCLC Number: 171287612
Description: 326 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The troubled craftsman --
The workshop --
Machines --
Material consciousness --
The hand --
Expressive instructions --
Arousing tools --
Resistance and ambiguity --
Craftsmanship --
Quality-driven work --
Ability.
Responsibility: Richard Sennett.
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In this thought-provoking book, a distinguished public intellectual explores the work of craftsmen past and present and challenges ideas about what constitutes good work in today's world.  Read more...

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Richard Sennett is the winner of the 2010 Spinoza Prize, sponsored by the International Spinoza Award Foundation--Spinoza Prize"International Spinoza Award Foundation" (01/01/2010)

 
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schema:reviewBody""The Craftsman names a basic human impulse: the desire to do a job well for its own sake. Although the word may suggest a way of life that waned with the advent of industrial society, Sennett argues that the craftsman's realm is far broader than skilled manual labor; the computer programmer, the doctor, the parent, and the citizen need to learn the values of good craftsmanship today." "In his most ambitious book to date, one of our most distinguished public intellectuals explores the work of craftsmen past and present; he connects physical labor to ethical values; he challenges received ideas about what constitutes good work in today's world.""
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