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

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

Matthew Crawford

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, the author intends to change the way you think about work forever.
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Summary

It's time to rethink our attitudes to work.

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Generations of school-leavers head for university lacking the skills to fix or even understand the most basic technology. And yet many of us are not suited to office life, while skilled manual work provides one of the few and most rewarding paths to a secure living.

Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, Matthew Crawford's irreverent and inspiring manifesto will change the way you think about work forever.

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

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Author - Matthew Crawford

ISBN 13 - 9780141047294

Imprint - Penguin Books Ltd

Publisher - Penguin Books Ltd

Date Published - 16/12/2010

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 126 x 196 x 20mm

Weight - 180 g

Languages - English