Matthew Crawford

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Matthew B. Crawford (* 1965 in Virginia ) is an American writer and philosopher . He works mainly in his own motorcycle workshop.

Live and act

Crawford studied political philosophy at the University of Chicago and has a PhD in philosophy . He works one day a week at the University of Virginia and four days a week in his motorcycle workshop in Richmond .

Crawford criticizes the incapacitating automation, especially technologies that keep people from the sensual confrontation with reality. Practice is more important to him than knowledge, the craft and the power to act are more important to him than the virtual, prefabricated experiences that decouple people from their self-efficacy . He understands self-efficacy to be a creative and fulfilling activity in order to get involved with physical reality and the uniqueness of the other person and the material.

Matthew Crawford hit the New York Times bestseller list with his debut I Bolt .

Books

  • I screw, therefore I am: To create something of happiness with your own hands. Berlin 2011, ISBN 9783548610474 .
  • Reclaiming the Real: A Philosophy of the I in the Age of Dispersion . Berlin 2016. ISBN 9783843713221 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ullstein book publishers: Matthew B. Crawford. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
  2. ^ Matthew Crawford (CV). In: website. The Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, accessed February 18, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Degraded to button pushers. Deutschlandfunk, March 28, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Elisabeth von Thadden: We want to feel that we are making a difference. In: Zeit Online. August 5, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Matthew B. Crawford: The Reclamation of Reality. A philosophy of the self in the age of distraction. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crawford, Matthew B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Virginia