![cover for Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford](/images/covers/1984843613.jpg)
by Matthew B. Crawford
Audiobook in English, 7 hours — category making
Narrated by Max Bloomquist — published by Penguin Audio in 2018
I have not read this book yet.
Description from the publisher:
A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands
Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant best seller, attracting fans with its radical (and timely) reappraisal of the merits of skilled manual labor. On both economic and psychological grounds, author Matthew B. Crawford questions the educational imperative of turning everyone into a "knowledge worker," based on a misguided separation of thinking from doing. Using his own experience as an electrician and mechanic, Crawford presents a wonderfully articulated call for self-reliance and a moving reflection on how we can live concretely in an ever more abstract world.