Shop Class as Soulcraft

A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands 

Shop Class as Soulcraft is a 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.