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Prologue: Man as His Own Maker

Hannah Arendt The human condition=the engineer, or any maker of material things, is not master of his own house; politics, standing above the physical labor, has to provide the guidance, technology may be an unreliable ally in regaining control.∂

Pandora myth, culture founded on man-made things risks continual self-harm

material culture

craftsmanship, the skill of making things well

technique as a cultural issue

‘‘Craftsmanship’’ may suggest a way of life that waned with the advent of industrial society—but this is misleading. Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake

Craftsmanship cuts a far wider swath than skilled manual labor

the desire to do something well for its own sake can be impaired by competitive pressure, by frustration, or by obsession

skill, commitment, and judgment

hand and head

Material culture provides in sum a picture of what human beings are capable of making

CHAPTER ONE The Troubled Craftsman