Collection
Publication
Beacon Press (2002), Edition: 1st, 165 pages
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
165 p.
ISBN
0807020125 / 9780807020128
UPC
046442020121