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, including the 2006 Hegel Prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences.
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The Craftsman explores the relation between the hand and the head. Richard Sennett argues that working with physical things stimulates people to think. Craftsmanship, says Sennett, names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, a... SEE MORE