Shop class as soulcraft :
Crawford, Matthew B.
Shop class as soulcraft : an inquiry into the value of work / Matthew B. Crawford. - 246 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
London edition has title: The case for working with your hands.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.
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.
A philosopher and mechanic extolls the virtues of manual labor, describing how the satisfactions and challenges of creating with one's own hands promotes a sense of connection to life that office work suppresses.
9780143117469 0143117467
20091789
Manual work.
Work.
Job satisfaction.
Manual work.
Work.
Job satisfaction.
HD4824 / .C72 2010
331
Shop class as soulcraft : an inquiry into the value of work / Matthew B. Crawford. - 246 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
London edition has title: The case for working with your hands.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.
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.
A philosopher and mechanic extolls the virtues of manual labor, describing how the satisfactions and challenges of creating with one's own hands promotes a sense of connection to life that office work suppresses.
9780143117469 0143117467
20091789
Manual work.
Work.
Job satisfaction.
Manual work.
Work.
Job satisfaction.
HD4824 / .C72 2010
331