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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work Hardback - 2009

by Matthew B. Crawford

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A philosopher / mechanic destroys the pretensions of the high- prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with oneas hands
"Shop Class as Soulcraft" brings alive an experience that was once quite common, but now seems to be receding from societyathe experience of making and fixing things with our hands. Those of us who sit in an office often feel a lack of connection to the material world, a sense of loss, and find it difficult to say exactly what we do all day. For anyone who felt hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents, "Shop Class as Soulcraft" seeks to restore the honor of the manual trades as a life worth choosing.
On both economic and psychological grounds, Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing, the work of the hand from that of the mind. Crawford shows us how such a partition, which began a century ago with the assembly line, degrades work for those on both sides of the divide.
But Crawford offers good news as well: the manual trades are very different from the assembly line, and from dumbed-down white collar work as well. They require careful thinking and are punctuated by moments of genuine pleasure. Based on his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford makes a case for the intrinsic satisfactions and cognitive challenges of manual work. The work of builders and mechanics is secure; it cannot be outsourced, and it cannot be made obsolete. Such work ties us to the local communities in which we live, and instills the pride that comes from doing work that is genuinely useful. A wholly original debut, "Shop Class as Soulcraft" offers a passionate call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.

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  • Title Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
  • Author Matthew B. Crawford
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Lrg
  • Pages 341
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thorndike Press
  • Publication date 2009
  • Large Print Yes
  • ISBN 9781410419743 / 1410419746
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.5 x 1.08 in (22.71 x 16.51 x 2.74 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Large type books, Work
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009023268
  • Dewey Decimal Code 331

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