Shop class as soulcraft

an inquiry into the value of work

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Matthew B. Crawford: Shop class as soulcraft (AudiobookFormat, 2009, Brilliance Audio, Distributed by Recorded Books)

[sound recording] :, 48 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 2009 by Brilliance Audio, Distributed by Recorded Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4418-0008-4
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OCLC Number:
420309386

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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. He then 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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  • Work