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Henry at Work

John Kaag
Hardback Book  |  Reading  |  01 Oct 2023
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Henry at Work invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the worker. John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornful of work and other mundanities. In fact, Thoreau worked hard - surveying land, running his family's pencil-making business, writing, lecturing, and building his cabin at Walden Pond -and thought intensely about work in its many dimensions. And his ideas about work have much to teach us in an age of remote work and automation, when many people are reconsidering what kind of working lives they want to have.

Through Thoreau, readers will discover a philosophy of work in the office, factory, lumber mill, and grocery store, and reflect on the rhythms of the workday, the joys and risks of resigning oneself to work, the dubious promises of labor-saving technology, and that most vital and eternal of philosophical questions, 'How much do I get paid?' In ten chapters, including 'Manual Work,' 'Machine Work,' and 'Meaningless Work,' this personal, urgent, practical, and compassionate book introduces readers to their new favourite coworker: Henry David Thoreau.

'This is philosophy as Thoreau would have recognised it: full of life. An inspiring book that will give you the succor you need to reconsider - and possibly change - the way you work.' Kirkus

'Lively and informal, [Henry at Work] will prompt fruitful conversations about the role of work in our lives.' Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal

Title: Henry at Work

Format: Hardback Book

Release Date: 01 Oct 2023

Author: John Kaag

Sku: 3311674

Catalogue No: 9780691244693

Category: Reading


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