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Why We Drive
On Freedom, Risk and Taking Back Control
Taschenbuch von Matthew Crawford
Sprache: Englisch

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Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands. Once we were drivers on the open road. Today we are more often in the back seat of an Uber. As we hurtle toward a 'self-driving' future, are we destined to become passengers in our own lives too?In Why We Drive, the philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford celebrates the risk, skill and freedom of driving. He reveals what we are losing to technology and government control in the modern world, and speaks up for play, dissent and occasionally being scared witless. 'Fascinating... A pleasure to read' Sunday Times'Persuasive and thought-provoking... A vivid and heartfelt manifesto' Observer
Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands. Once we were drivers on the open road. Today we are more often in the back seat of an Uber. As we hurtle toward a 'self-driving' future, are we destined to become passengers in our own lives too?In Why We Drive, the philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford celebrates the risk, skill and freedom of driving. He reveals what we are losing to technology and government control in the modern world, and speaks up for play, dissent and occasionally being scared witless. 'Fascinating... A pleasure to read' Sunday Times'Persuasive and thought-provoking... A vivid and heartfelt manifesto' Observer
Über den Autor
Matthew Crawford is the author of The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work Is Bad For Us and Fixing Things Feels Good and The World Beyond Your Head: How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction, which have been translated around the world. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, Wall Street Journal as well as numerous magazines and journals. Matthew is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, lectures internationally and runs a motorcyle repair shop.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 368 S.
ISBN-13: 9781784707958
ISBN-10: 1784707953
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Crawford, Matthew
Hersteller: Vintage Publishing
Maße: 197 x 131 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Matthew Crawford
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,283 kg
Artikel-ID: 119568531
Über den Autor
Matthew Crawford is the author of The Case for Working with Your Hands: Or Why Office Work Is Bad For Us and Fixing Things Feels Good and The World Beyond Your Head: How to Flourish in an Age of Distraction, which have been translated around the world. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, Wall Street Journal as well as numerous magazines and journals. Matthew is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, lectures internationally and runs a motorcyle repair shop.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 368 S.
ISBN-13: 9781784707958
ISBN-10: 1784707953
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Crawford, Matthew
Hersteller: Vintage Publishing
Maße: 197 x 131 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Matthew Crawford
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,283 kg
Artikel-ID: 119568531
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