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In his most ambitious book to date, Richard Sennett offers an original perspective on craftsmanship and its close connections to work and ethical values. 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. Book jacket.

Richard Sennett is professor of sociology at New York University and at The London School of Economics. Before becoming a sociologist, he studied music professionally. He has received many awards and honors, most recently the 2006 Hegel Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences. Sennett is also the author of The Culture of the New Capitalism, published by Yale University Press.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Prologue: Man as His Owns Maker	p. 1
Craftsmen
The Troubled Craftsman	p. 19
The Workshop	p. 53
Machines	p. 81
Material Consciousness	p. 119
Craft
The Hand	p. 149
Expressive Instructions	p. 179
Arousing Tools	p. 194
Resistance and Ambiguity	p. 214
Craftsmanship
Quality-Driven Work	p. 241
Ability	p. 268
Conclusion: The Philosophical Workshop	p. 286
Notes	p. 297
Index	p. 317
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The Craftsman

The Craftsman

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