What Thoreau can teach us about working—why we do it, what it
does to us, and how we can make it more meaningful Henry at Work
invites readers to rethink how we work today by exploring an aspect
of Henry David Thoreau that has often been overlooked: Thoreau the
worker. John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle overturn the popular
misconception of Thoreau as a navel-gazing recluse who was scornful
of work and other mundanities. In fact, Thoreau worked
hard—surveying land, running his family’s pencil-making
business, writing, lecturing, and building his cabin at Walden
Pond—and thought intensely about work in its many dimensions. And
his ideas about work have much to teach us in an age of remote work
and automation, when many people are reconsidering what kind of
working lives they want to have. Through Thoreau, readers will
discover a philosophy of work in the office, factory, lumber mill,
and grocery store, and reflect on the rhythms of the workday, the
joys and risks of resigning oneself to work, the dubious promises
of labor-saving technology, and that most vital and eternal of
philosophical questions, “How much do I get paid?” In ten
chapters, including “Manual Work,” “Machine Work,” and
“Meaningless Work,” this personal, urgent, practical, and
compassionate book introduces readers to their new favorite
coworker: Henry David Thoreau.
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