Useful Work v. Useless Toil

作者 William Morris著
出版社 Penguin Books Ltd
出版时间 2008年8月
ISBN 9780141036700
定价 56.30

内容简介

VisionaryEnglishSocialistandpioneeroftheArtsandCraftsmovement,WilliamMorrisarguedthatallworkshouldbeasourceofprideandsatisfaction,andthateveryoneshouldbeentitledtobeautifulsurroundings-nomatterwhattheirclass.Throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.NowPenguinbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilizationandhelpedmakeuswhoweare.

作者简介

WilliamMorris(1834-1896)wasoneofthemostinfluentialthinkersandartistsofhistime.AtOxford,withthepainterBurne-Jones,hefellundertheinfluenceofRuskinandRossetti.Preoccupiedwiththepovertyofmoderndesignhetaughthimselfatleastthirteencraftsandfoundedhisowndesignfirm,Morris&Co.Inthelate1870shebecameactiveinpoliticalandenvironmentalistmattersandconvertedtosocialismin1883,helpingtofoundtheSocialistLeagueayearlater.

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