Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work - Hardcover

Crawford, Matthew B.

 
9781594202230: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1594202230 ISBN 13: 9781594202230
Verlag: Penguin Press, 2009

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A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands 

“This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes quite moving.” —Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman

Called “the sleeper hit of the publishing season” by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor. On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a “knowledge worker,” based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Matthew B. Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic. He has a Ph.D. in political philosophy from the University of Chicago and served as a postdoctoral fellow on its Committee on Social Thought. Currently a fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, he owns and operates Shockoe Moto, an independent motorcycle repair shop in Richmond, Virginia.

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Verlag
Penguin Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1594202230
ISBN 13 
9781594202230
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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