{"product_id":"craftsman","title":"Craftsman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's \u003ci\u003eThe Craftsman \u003c\/i\u003eis an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Lively, engaging and pertinent ... a lifetime's learning has gone into the writing of this book' \u003cbr\u003e  Roger Scruton, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'An enchanting writer with important things to say' \u003cbr\u003e  Fiona MacCarthy, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Enthralling ... Sennett is keen to reconnect thinking with making, to revive the simple pleasure in the everyday object and the useful task. There is something here for all of us' \u003cbr\u003e  Edwin Heathcote, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A masterpiece' \u003cbr\u003e  Boyd Tonkin, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRichard Sennett's \u003c\/b\u003eprevious books include \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Public Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Corrosion of Character\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Stone \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRespect\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54263014228312,"sku":"9780141022093","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141022093_0b2ebc73-1b37-4526-bebb-f2135d307a32.jpg?v=1777860022","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/craftsman","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}