Description
Product ID: | 9780141047294 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Case for Working with Your Hands |
Subtitle: | Or Why Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good |
Authors: | Author: Matthew Crawford |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Advice on careers and achieving success, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Advice on careers & achieving success, Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. It''s time to rethink our attitudes to work. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2010-12-16 |