Matthew B. Crawford
Contributing Editor
Matthew B. Crawford majored in physics as an undergraduate, then turned to political philosophy (Ph.D. Chicago). His writings for The New Atlantis bring the two concerns together, and consider how developments in the sciences influence our view of the human person. A fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, he is currently writing a book about manual competence. The book will reflect on the experience of building things and fixing things, and consider the problem of living concretely in an ever more abstract world. Tentatively entitled Shop Class as Soulcraft, after the New Atlantis essay by the same name, the book will be published by The Penguin Press in 2009.
Mr. Crawford can be reached at mcrawford@thenewatlantis.com.
