The Craftsman's Theory

The Craftsman's theory- Richard Sennett


"The Craftsman engages the many dimensions of skill—from the technical demands to the obsessive energy required to do good work. Craftsmanship leads Sennett across time and space, from ancient Roman brickmakers to Renaissance goldsmiths to the printing presses of Enlightenment Paris and the factories of industrial London; in the modern world he explores what experiences of good work are shared by computer programmers, nurses and doctors, musicians, glassblowers, and cooks. Unique in the scope of his thinking, Sennett expands previous notions of crafts and craftsmen and apprises us of the surprising extent to which we can learn about ourselves through the labor of making physical things." 


Richard Sennett argues that man has a natural desire to do a job to benefit mankind. Sennett argues that the Craftsman theroy expands past manual work; it supports the new technologies today. Technologists such as the late Steve Jobs and  Mark Zuckerberg have changed the changed the world, structuring the way humankind communicates globally. Sennett argues that these creators have had a high input into the development of society and has consequently led to Manual work being outdated.