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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Sennett |
ISBN: | 9780141022093 0141022094 |
OCLC Number: | 1025695427 |
Notes: | Índice. |
Description: | 326 p. ; 20 cm. |
Contents: | Prologue : man as his own maker -- Pt. One. Craftsmen: 1. The troubled craftsman -- 2. The workshop -- 3. Machines -- 4. Material consciousness -- Pt. Two. Craft: 5. The hand -- 6. Expressive instructions -- 7. Arousing tools -- 8. Resistance and ambiguity -- Pt. Three. Craftsmanship: 9. Quality-driven work -- 10. Ability -- Conclusion : the philosophical workshop. |
Responsibility: | Richard Sennett. |
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'Richard Sennett is a prime observer of society ... one of his great strengths, the thing that makes his narrative so gripping, is the sheer range of his thinking and his brilliance in relating the past to the present' - Fiona MacCarthy, The Guardian 'A lifetime's learning has gone into this book ... Sennett writes beautifully' - Roger Scruton, Sunday Times Read more...
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