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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

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" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft became an in

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“The satisfaction of manifesting oneself concretely in the world through manual competence has been known to make a man quiet and easy. It seems to relieve him of the felt need to offer chattering interpretations of himself to vindicate his worth. He simply points: the building stands, the car now ru…”

— Matthew B. Crawford, amazon.com

Tagged: Manual Labor, Working With Your Hands, Physicality

“Boasting is what a boy does because he has no real effect in the world.”

— Matthew B. Crawford, amazon.com

Tagged: Life

“Absurdity is good for comedy, but bad as a way of life. It usually indicates that somewhere beneath the threshold of official notice fester contradictions that, if commonly admitted, would bring on some kind of crisis.”

— Matthew B. Crawford, amazon.com

Tagged: Life