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Matthew B. Crawford

Matthew B. Crawford is a political theorist and senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. He writes the Substack Archedelia.
Articles by Matthew B. Crawford

The Workings of the Party-State

We are witnessing an ongoing transformation of our political regime, in which sovereignty (that is, the authority to decide) has gradually been relocated from its constitutionally prescribed setting, which granted a presumptive deference to the majority, to a set of mutually supporting technical and moral clerisies. These staff a state-like entity that expands its dominion…

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Algorithmic Governance and Political Legitimacy

In ever more areas of life, algorithms are coming to substitute for judgment exercised by identifiable human beings who can be held to account. The rationale offered is that automated decision-making will be more reliable. But a further attraction is that it serves to insulate various forms of power from popular pressures. Our readiness to…

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