35 pages • 1 hour read
Matthew B. CrawfordShop Class as Soulcraft
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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What changes would Crawford like to see made to current educational practices?
What life lessons can be learned by repairing one’s own objects, according to the author?
How does one accomplish the task of “unselfing” and why does the author think this is a worthy goal?
Why, according to the author, do so many students end up in clerkdom? What does this way of life entail and how is it limiting?
How does Crawford’s way of approaching reality differ from his father’s?
What personality traits assist Crawford when he is working on his VW Bug?
What role does Marxism play in the book?
What are the stochastic arts and why does Crawford find them worthy of celebrating?
What impact have thinkers such as Frederick Wilson Taylor had on modern day life and employment?
Overall, what advance does Crawford offer in terms of living concretely in an increasingly abstract world?
