Shop Class As Soulcraft An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Name: Shop Class As Soulcraft An Inquiry into the Value of Work
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ISBN: 9781594202230

ISBN-10: 1594202230

ISBN-13: 9781594202230

Edition: 2009

Authors: Matthew B. Crawford, Matthew Crawford

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In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one’s hands Shop Class as Soulcraftbrings alive an experience that was once quite ordinary, but now seems to be receding over the cultural horizon—the experience of making and fixing things. Working with your hands, as Mathew B. Crawford describes it, connects us to the world around us. Those of us who sit in an office often have intuitions of something gone amiss, a sense of unreality accompanied by feelings of impotence. What, after all, dowe do all day? In this wholly original debut, Crawford offers a brief for…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/28/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.55" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 0.858



Introduction



A Brief Case for the Useful Arts



The Separation of Thinking from Doing



To Be Master of One's Own Stuff



The Education of a Gearhead



The Further Education of a Gearhead: From Amateur to Professional



The Contradictions of the Cubicle



Thinking as Doing



Work, Leisure, and Full Engagement


Concluding Remarks on Solidarity and Self-Reliance


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index