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The craftsman

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
Print Book, English, 2008
Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008
1 online resource (326 pages)
9780300149555, 9781282089594, 0300149557, 1282089595
1163758057
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