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Why We Drive : Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, CD/Spoken Word by Butler...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781094160733
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Why We Drive : Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road
- Publisher
- HarperCollins CA, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Transportation
- Topic
- Philosophers, Automotive / History, Personal Memoirs
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From the author of the landmark Shop Class as Soulcraft, a brilliant, first-of-its-kind celebration of driving as a unique pathway of human freedom, one now critically threatened by automation. Once we were drivers, the open road alive with autonomy, adventure, danger, trust, and speed. Today we are as likely to be in the back seat of an Uber as behind the wheel ourselves. Tech giants are hurling us toward a shiny, happy "self-driving" future, selling utopia but equally keen to advertise to a captive audience strapped into another expensive device. Are we destined, then, to become passengers, not drivers? Why We Drive reveals that much more may be at stake than we might think. Ten years ago, in the New York Times-bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, philosopher-mechanic Matthew B. Crawford--a University of Chicago PhD who owned his own motorcycle shop--made a revolutionary case for manual labor, one that ran headlong against the pretentions of white-collar office work. Now, using driving as a window through which to view the broader changes wrought by technology on all aspects of contemporary life, Crawford investigates the driver's seat as one of the few remaining domains of skill, exploration, play--and freedom. Blending philosophy and hands-on storytelling, Crawford grounds the narrative in his own experience in the garage and behind the wheel, recounting his decade-long restoration of a vintage Volkswagen as well as his journeys to thriving automotive subcultures across the country. Crawford leads us on an irreverent but deeply considered inquiry into the power of faceless bureaucracies, the importance of questioning mindless rules, and the battle for democratic self-determination against the surveillance capitalists. A meditation on the competence of ordinary people, Why We Drive explores the genius of our everyday practices on the road, the rewards of "folk engineering," and the existential value of occasionally being scared shitless. Witty and ingenious throughout, Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the irrepressible human spirit.
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Publisher
HarperCollins CA, The Limited
ISBN-10
1094160733
ISBN-13
9781094160733
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038657029
Product Key Features
Book Title
Why We Drive : Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road
Topic
Philosophers, Automotive / History, Personal Memoirs
Publication Year
2020
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Transportation
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Length
5.7in.
Item Width
5.2in.
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
629.283 388.3/42
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
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