The Craftsman
$32.51
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2009
Summary
The Art of Craftsmanship: Finding Meaning in Making
Why do we strive for excellence and find pride in our work? This book delves into the essence of craftsmanship, exploring the motivations and rewards found in skilled labor across various fields throughout history.
It challenges the modern emphasis on pure competition as a driver of quality, suggesting that a deeper “craftsman” resides within us all, capable of both inspiring dedication and causing frustration.
The …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141022093 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141022094 |
| Author: | Richard Sennett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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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
About The Author
Richard Sennett
Richard Sennett’s previous books include The Fall of Public Man, The Corrosion of Character, Flesh and Stone and Respect. He was founder director of the New York Institute for the Humanities, and is now University Professor at New York University and Academic Governor and Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has won the Amalfi and Ebert prizes for sociology and in 2006 was awarded the Hegel Prize by the City of Stuttgart.
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