The craftsman
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- The craftsman
- Jaar:
- 2009
- Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London : Penguin, 2009
- Paginering:
- 326 p. ; 20 cm.
- Nota:
- Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2008.
- Plaatsnummer:
- PENTA.309 SENN 08 (PENTA)
- ISBN:
- 9780141022093
0141022094 - Onderwerp:
- Arbeidsmotivatie
Creative ability
Motivatie
Motivation (Psychology)
Work Psychological aspects
Work - Samenvatting:
- Provocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's The Craftsman is an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living. Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a living, have we lost touch with the idea of making things well? Pure competition, Sennett shows, will never produce good work. Instead, the values of the craftsman, whether in a Stradivari violin workshop or a modern laboratory, can enrich our lives and change the way we anchor ourselves in the world around us. The past lives of crafts and craftsmen show us ways of working - using tools, acquiring skills, thinking about materials - which provide rewarding alternative ways for people to utilise their talents. We need to recognize this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.
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