Sustainability Beyond Technology: Philosophy, Critique, and Implications for Human Organization
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Current debates on sustainability are largely building on a problematic assumption that increasing technology use and advancement are a desired phenomenon, creating positive change in human organizations. This kind of techno-optimism prevails particularly in the discourses of ecological modernization and green growth, as well as in the attempts to design sustainable modes of production and consumption within growth-driven capitalism. This transdisciplinary book investigates the philosophical underpinnings of technology, presents a culturally sensitive critique to technology, and outlines feasible alternatives for sustainability beyond technology. It draws on a variety of scholarly disciplines, including the humanities (philosophy and environmental history), social sciences (ecological economics, political economy, and ecology) and natural sciences (geology and thermodynamics) to contribute to sustainability theory and policy. By examining the conflicts and contradictions between technology and sustainability in human organization, the book develops a novel way to conceptualize, confront, and change technology in modern society. Title_Pages Epigraph Dedication Acknowledgements List_of_Tables_and_Figures List_of_Contributors Technology_and_SustainabilityAn_Introduction The_Question_of_TechnologyFrom_Noise_to_Reflection Earthing_Philosophy_of_TechnologyA_Case_for_Ontological_Materialism Atechnological_Experience_UnfoldingMeaning_for_the_PostAnthropocene Part_I_SummaryWhat_is_Technology Competition_within_TechnologyA_Study_of_Competitive_Thought_and_Moral_Growth Conditions_for_AlienationTechnological_Development_and_Capital_Accumulation What_Does_Fossil_Energy_Tell_Us_about_Technology Reversing_the_Industrial_RevolutionTheorizing_the_Distributive_Dimensions_of_Energy_Transitions Part_II_SummaryWhy_Confront_Technology An_Economy_beyond_Instrumental_Rationality Small_Local_and_LowTech_Firms_as_Agents_of_Sustainable_Change Creative_Reconstruction_of_the_Technological_SocietyA_Path_to_Sustainability Part_III_SummaryHow_to_Change_Technology Technology_and_SustainabilityA_Conclusion Name_Index Subject_Index
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