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    Author: Pablo Rojas
    Full Title: Reprising Craftsmanship: An Expressive Approach To Skill
    Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2021 edition (September 1, 2021)
    Year: 2021
    ISBN-13: 9783030801328 (978-3-030-80132-8), 9783030801311 (978-3-030-80131-1)
    ISBN-10: 3030801322, 3030801314
    Pages: 120
    Language: English
    Genre: Psychology
    File type: PDF (True)
    Quality: 10/10
    Price: 57.19 €


    Craftsmanship provides an insight into an inherently human dimension of work resulting from our immersion in an occupation or profession. The present book illustrates and defines the vital, social, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions involved in craftsmanship, which rejects a dissociation between handwork and wit, or between action and thought. This also contrasts with the neglect contemporary psychology has shown toward craftsmanship and its reduction to mere ‘human factors.’ Drawing on artistry as an emblem, the present account conveys that skilful action can only be renewed in a cycle involving both the personal and the transgenerational.

    There is little doubt in psychological and anthropological literature that the current global crises cannot be separated from social predicaments; namely, from the commodification of craftsmanship. In this book, the development of skilful action attests to a fundamental involvement required to sustainably perpetuate human endeavours. The role of expressivity in reappropriating technical activity is key in showing the continuous revaluation of our ethics and aesthetics of work, practice, and creation. The overall arc of the volume shows a movement from responsivity to responsibility. In short, if we are to reformulate our relationship to work and craft, we need to see through our responsibility in technique. The particularities of craftsmanship described here aim to contribute to such reformulation.


    Overview:
    ✓ The volume presents a synthetic approach to craftsmanship and its relationship to skilful action and expressivity in an interdisciplinary manner.
    ✓ While the book shows the shortcomings of contemporary psychology to deal with craftsmanship, it strives to formulate a proposal and does not merely fall back into unfruitful critique.
    ✓ Since each chapter covers a different array of issues and is based on different sets of literature, each individual chapter can serve different purposes in undergraduate courses, postgraduate seminars, or workshops on the subject.

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