The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good

ISBN-13: 9780141047294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Matthew Crawford

Opis

Why do some jobs offer fulfilment while others leave us frustrated? In this inspiring and persuasive book, Matthew Crawford brings to life the immense psychological and intellectual satisfactions of making and fixing things, arguing that the skilled manual trades may be one of the few sure paths to a good living.

Recenzje

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O autorze

Matthew 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 Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, he also runs Shockoe Moto, an independent motorcycle repair shop.