Main entry:

Spelman, Elizabeth V.

Title & Author:

Repair : the impulse to restore in a fragile world / Elizabeth V. Spelman.

Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, ©2002.

Description:

165 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-156) and index.
Introducing Homo reparans -- From Bricolage to Invisible Mending -- The Household as Repair Shop -- Serving Time in the Community of Repairers -- In the Toolbox: Words and Money -- The Irreparable and the Irredeemable -- Repair, the Old, and the New.

Summary:

"We live in a world constantly in need of repair. Our cars break down. Marriages weaken, friendships sour, ties between nations are rent. Yet we fix things and relationships all the time, without giving much thought to what we are actually doing. Homo reparans, the repairing animal, engages in activities that are at once very ordinary and yet quite mysterious." "Repair is the first book to offer an in-depth exploration of this core aspect of human life. Looking at our ability and impulse to fix things, Elizabeth Spelman ranges widely over a territory that has gone largely unappreciated."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0807020125 (alk. paper)
9780807020128 (alk. paper)
0807020117
9780807020111

Subject:

Psychology, Applied.
Repairing Psychological aspects.
Psychologie appliquée.
Réparations Aspect psychologique.
Reparatur
Wiederherstellung
Reparaties.
Impulsiviteit.
Psychologische aspecten.

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order