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Richard Sennett, professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, will discuss the idea that there is a craftsman in all of us, which can be enormously motivating and inspiring.
History has drawn fault-lines between practice and theory, technique and expression, craftsman and artist, maker and user; and modern society suffers from this.
But the past lives of craftsmen also suggests ways of using tools, organising bodily movements and thinking about materials, which provide viable alternative proposals about how to utilise one's talents.
In The Craftsman Richard Sennett argues that we need to recognise this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.
Respondent: David Willetts MP
Chair: Laurie Taylor Download lecture text (PDF, 14MB) |
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