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false <![CDATA[The Craftsman]]> 1931426 7 <div><div>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 thought-provoking book, one of our most distinguished public intellectuals explores the work of craftsmen past and present, identifies deep connections between material consciousness and ethical values, and challenges received ideas about what constitutes good work in today’s world.<br><br> <br><br><i>The Craftsman</i> engages the many dimensions of skill—from the technical demands to the obsessive energy required to do good work. Craftsmanship leads Sennett across time and space, from ancient Roman brickmakers to Renaissance goldsmiths to the printing presses of Enlightenment Paris and the factories of industrial London; in the modern world he explores what experiences of good work are shared by computer programmers, nurses and doctors, musicians, glassblowers, and cooks. Unique in the scope of his thinking, Sennett expands previous notions of crafts and craftsmen and apprises us of the surprising extent to which we can learn about ourselves through the labor of making physical things.<br><br></div></div> 1933796 27 3 2008 The Craftsman total:76|5:17|4:26|3:22|2:8|1:3| 76 274 247 23 5 3 false false Mon Jun 23 05:47:16 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 05:30:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 05:47:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 10:28:23 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:29:03 -0800 2009
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"Craftsman" review 1: revises Arendt's view of Animal Laborens, arguing craft work offers insight into dealings with others; neopragmatist

"Craftsman" review 2: I didn't enjoy as much as "Fall of Public Man"; some chapters b...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 16:15:24 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 18:27:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 04 11:23:35 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:25:32 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 25 11:05:43 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 11:07:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 15 11:46:07 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:55:38 -0800 2008 http://www.wpr.org/book/081214a.cfm.]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 08:22:52 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 14:50:10 -0700 2008
The workshop, and the ways of learning it created have been ignored, but it is the best fit to the modern knowledge based business there is. The examples come from diverse sources, even Linux kernel hac...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 11 21:36:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 21:36:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 13:14:14 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:01:49 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 13:14:14 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 07:08:51 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 11:54:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 10 07:32:36 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 07:34:10 -0700 2008 "In this thought-provoking book, one of our most distinguished public intellectuals explores the work of craftsmen past and present, identifies deep connections between material consciousness and ethical values, and challenges received ideas about what constitutes good work...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 15:11:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 29 08:34:19 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 15:11:56 -0700 2009
I might give it 5 stars except for the fact that there are fare to maney typoes. Ya...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 26 14:52:15 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 14:53:22 -0700 2008 ...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2352557