A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere
''Brilliant, will become a classic'' Daily Telegraph
''Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the country, if not Europe'' Sunday Times
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 valu
