The Case for Working with Your Hands

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. Yet many of us are not suited to office life, while skilled manual work provides one of the few paths to a secure living and an independent life.

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 for ever.

Published in the USA as: Shop Class as Soulcraft - An Inquiry Into the Value of Work