Matthew Crawford
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Matthew Crawford is a motorcycle mechanic and a philosopher. In 'The Case for Working with Your Hands', Matthew utilises his knowledge of both fields to argue that the skilled manual trades and much more fulfilling that your average office job. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, Crawford delivers a radical, timely and extremely enjoyable re-evaluation of our attitudes to work.
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