272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the social and political structure of modern societies. Environmentalism, information technology, and medical advances testify to technology's crucial importance. In his lucid and engaging style, Feenberg shows that technology is the medium of daily life.... Read more
Chapter 1 Technology, Philosophy, Politics; Part 1 The Politicizing of Technology; Chapter 2 Technocracy and Rebellion: The May Events of 1968; Chapter 3 Environmentalism and the Politics of Technology; Part 2 Democratic Rationalization; Chapter 4 The Limits of Technical Rationality; Chapter 5 The Problem of Agency; Chapter 6 Democratizing Technology; Part 3 Technology and Modernity; Chapter 7 Critical Theories of Technology; Chapter 8 Technology and Meaning; Chapter 9 Impure Reason;
Biography
Andrew Feenberg is Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University. He is the author of Alternative Modernity, Critical Theory of Technology, Lukács, Marx and the Sources of Critical Theory, and co-editor of Technology and the Politics of Knowledge.
