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"Matthew B. Crawford était un brillant universitaire, bien payé pour travailler dans un think tank à Washington. Au bout de quelques mois, déprimé par son emploi, il démissionne pour ouvrir ... un atelier de réparation de motos. À partir du récit de son étonnante reconversion professionnelle, il livre dans cet ouvrage intelligent et drôle l'une des réflexions les plus fines qu'il ait été donné de lire sur le sens et la valeur du travail dans les sociétés occidentales. Mêlant anecdotes, récits et réflexions philosophiques et sociologiques, il montre que ce " travail intellectuel ", dont on nous rebat les oreilles depuis que nous sommes entrés dans l'" économie du savoir ", se révèle pauvre et déresponsabilisant. Il démontre que le travail manuel peut même se révéler beaucoup plus captivant d'un point de vue intellectuel que tous les nouveaux emplois de cette " économie du savoir "."--Couverture p. [4].
First publish date: 2010
Authors: Matthew B. Crawford
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