(p.279) Heidegger suggests that work is our universal human condition (‘man experiences real beings as a worker and soldier does, and makes available what alone is to count as a being’, Heidegger 1998: 33) for we are producers of our own being as well as the artefacts that define our world, as a way in which we experience life through varied engagements with beings. This idea is perhaps best encapsulated by the Greek origin of the word poiesis, meaning bringing forth. Poiesis relates to all ways that humans produce things. Heidegger tends to favour Aristotle’s distinction between poiesis and praxis, retaining...