Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780141990415
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 368

Discover a transformative examination of societal values in 'Head, Hand, Heart' by David Goodhart. This insightful book delves into the overlooked significance of various human aptitudes—cognitive, manual, and emotional—and highlights our growing political alienation, particularly post-pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis revealed the essential roles of care workers, delivery drivers, and cleaners, roles often regarded as menial despite their importance to our well-being.

Goodhart discusses how society has increasingly prioritized cognitive skills over manual and emotional abilities. With 40% of jobs now demanding graduate status, the value of practical skills and emotional intelligence has diminished, contributing to widespread discontent. This compelling narrative urges us to rethink the purpose of skilled work and advocate for a balanced acknowledgment of all aptitudes. Learn how to celebrate and respect the contributions of every worker in shaping a more equitable society.

This spirited investigation is not just a call to action but a guide to understanding the dynamics that influence our world today. Let's recognize and uplift the diverse talents that fuel our communities.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780141990415
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 368


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A profound investigation into the deeper reason for our political alienation

The coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ought already to have known- that care workers, supermarket shelf-stackers, delivery drivers and cleaners are doing essential work that keeps us all alive, fed and cared for. Until recently much of this work was regarded as menial by the the same society that now lauds them as 'key workers'. Why are they so undervalued?

In this timely and original analysis, David Goodhart divides human aptitudes into three- Head (cognitive), Hand (manual and craft) and Heart (caring, emotional). It's common sense that a good society needs to recognise the value of all three, but in recent decades they have got badly out of kilter. Cognitive ability has become the gold standard of human esteem. The cognitive class now shapes society largely in its own interests, by prioritizing the knowledge economy, ever-expanding higher education and shaping the very idea of a successful life. To put it bluntly- smart people have become too powerful.

Head, Hand, Heart tells the story of the cognitive takeover that has gathered pace over the past forty years. As recently as the 1970s most people left school without qualifications, but now 40 per cent of all jobs are graduate-only. A good society must re-imagine the meaning of skilled work, so that people who work with their hands and hearts are valued alongside workers who manipulate data. Our societies need to spread status more widely, and provide meaning and value for people who cannot, or do not want to, achieve in the classroom and the professions. This is the sto