Matthew Crawford

Praise for Why We Drive

One of the most original and mind-opening studies of practical philosophy to have appeared for many years

John Gray, Unherd

Persuasive and thought-provoking ... a vivid and heartfelt manifesto against ...the loss of individual agency and the human pleasure of acquired skill and calculated risk ... Not since Zen and the Art of Motorcyc ...

TIM ADAMS, Observer

Matthew Crawford is the grand master of the everyday. He alerts us to the deeper meaning in ordinary activities, such as driving a car, and how they connect to concerns about freedom, responsibility and moral choice ...

DAVID GOODHART, author of The Road to Somewhere

One of the most original and mind-opening studies of practical philosophy to have appeared for many years

John Gray, Unherd

Persuasive and thought-provoking ... a vivid and heartfelt manifesto against ...the loss of individual agency and the human pleasure of acquired skill and calculated risk ... Not since Zen and the Art of Motorcyc ...

TIM ADAMS, Observer

Matthew Crawford is the grand master of the everyday. He alerts us to the deeper meaning in ordinary activities, such as driving a car, and how they connect to concerns about freedom, responsibility and moral choice ...

DAVID GOODHART, author of The Road to Somewhere

One of the most original and mind-opening studies of practical philosophy to have appeared for many years

John Gray, Unherd

Persuasive and thought-provoking ... a vivid and heartfelt manifesto against ...the loss of individual agency and the human pleasure of acquired skill and calculated risk ... Not since Zen and the Art of Motorcyc ...

TIM ADAMS, Observer

Matthew Crawford is the grand master of the everyday. He alerts us to the deeper meaning in ordinary activities, such as driving a car, and how they connect to concerns about freedom, responsibility and moral choice ...

DAVID GOODHART, author of The Road to Somewhere