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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Sennett, Richard, 1943- Craftsman. London : Allen Lane, 2008 (DLC) 2007036415 (OCoLC)176826564 |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Sennett |
OCLC Number: | 1154452260 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2020. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (326 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Prologue : man as his own maker -- Craftsmen -- The troubled craftsman -- The workshop -- Machines -- Material consciousness -- Craft -- The hand -- Expressive instructions -- Arousing tools -- Resistance and ambiguity -- Craftsmanship -- Quality-driven work -- Ability -- Conclusion : the philosophical workshop. |
Responsibility: | Richard Sennett. |
Abstract:
Shows how history has drawn fault-lines between craftsman and artist, maker and user, technique and expression, practice and theory, and that individuals' pride in their work, as well as modern society in general, suffers from these historical divisions. This book addresses the craftsman at work.
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