What is college really for? More thoughts on society and the liberal arts

Julia Martin | July 30, 2010

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Reposted from Arts & Humanities. Written by Jay Hammond.

In his recent book “Shop Class as Soul Craft,” Matthew B. Crawford calls into question the prevailing sentiment that “knowledge work” is somehow more intrinsically valuable than skilled trade labor. Crawford earned a Ph.D in political philosophy from the University of Chicago, and is now a fellow and the institute for advanced studies at the …