Matthew Crawford Explained

Matthew B. Crawford is an American writer and research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.

Early life and education

Crawford majored in physics as an undergraduate, then turned to political philosophy. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago.

Career

In September 2001, Crawford accepted a position as executive director of the George C. Marshall Institute,^[1] but left the institute after five months,^[2] saying that "the trappings of scholarship were used to put a scientific cover on positions arrived at otherwise. These positions served various interests, ideological or material. For example, part of my job consisted of making arguments about global warming that just happened to coincide with the positions taken by the oil companies that funded the think tank."^[3]

he is a research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia,^[4] a contributing editor at The New Atlantis, and professes to be a motorcycle mechanic.^[5]

In film

Crawford appeared in the 2014 documentary Merchants of Doubt.

Selected works

• Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work. Penguin Press, 2009. .^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} Published in London as The Case for Working with Your Hands. Viking, 2009. .
• The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. ^{[10] [11]}
• Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, William Morrow, 2020. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Further reading

• • • Crawford . Matthew B. . Matthew Crawford . Guy Raz . 'Soulcraft' Honors An Honest Day's Work . Interview: transcript . . . July 12, 2009 .

External links

• Feature-length radio interview with KGNU Claudia Cragg on 'Shop Class as Soul Craft'

Notes and References

1. George C. Marshall Institute, September 2001 press release (web archive) (accessed October 10, 2010)
2. Carolyn Mooney, "A Hands-On Philosopher Argues for a Fresh Vision of Manual Work", The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 7, 2009. Web version
3. Matthew B. Crawford, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, pp. 108–109, Penguin Press, 2009.
4. Web site: Institute Fellows . Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture . University of Virginia . 21 September 2020.
5. Matthew B. Crawford, Contributing Editor . The New Atlantis . 21 September 2020.
6. News: Fukuyama. Francis. Francis Fukuyama. 2009-06-05. Making Things Work. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-10-24. 0362-4331.
7. News: . June 1, 2009 . Is Blue Collar Work "Smart?" . Klein . Ezra . Ezra Klein . November 24, 2010.
8. News: Sanneh . Kelefa . June 22, 2009 . Kelefa Sanneh . Out of the Office. .
9. News: Garner. Dwight. Dwight Garner. 2009-05-28. Real Men Don't Eat Quiche, They Ride Hogs Over It. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-10-24. 0362-4331.
10. Web site: Goldstein. Rebecca Newberger. Rebecca Goldstein. 2015-04-22. Don't Overthink It. 2021-10-24. The Atlantic. en.
11. Web site: Morris. Iain. 2015-05-04. The World Beyond Your Head review – philosophical inquiry that demands your attention. 2021-10-24. The Observer. en.
12. Web site: Adams. Tim. 2020-07-06. Why We Drive review – a motorist puts his foot down. 2021-10-24. The Guardian. en.
13. Web site: Hakimi. Lauren. 2020-06-10. 'Why We Drive' Takes Aim at Self-Driving Vehicles and Other Threats to Car Culture. 2021-10-24. Observer. en-US.
14. News: Shiflett. Dave. 2020-06-03. 'Why We Drive' Review: Awake at the Wheel. en-US. The Wall Street Journal. 2021-10-24. 0099-9660.