Work in the 20th Century

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the changing nature of work practices and the work ethic as it pertains at the end of the 20th century. Has our understanding of the nature and function of work really changed so radically since the beginning of the century? How can the past inform the future in the rapidly changing work environment? Has technology usurped craftsmanship, or is this no more than a superficial reading of an increasingly complex scene?

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Guests

• Professor Richard Sennett No other episodes
  Visiting professor, London School for Economics
• Theodore Zeldin 2 episodes
  Historian and Fellow of St Anthony's College, Oxford
• Melanie Phillips No other episodes
  Columnist on The Sunday Times

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Hello, this week we're taking a look at the changing nature of work and the work ethic as it obtains at the end of the 20th century.