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Technoculture and Critical Theory: In the Service of the Machine?

By Simon Cooper

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2002
ISBN
0415261600, 9780415261609, 0203167023, 9780203167021, 9780203282335
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
593 kB (606892 bytes)
Series
Routledge Studies in Science Technology and Society
Pages
192\191
Topic
Technique
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The author explores the work of major thinkers and cultural movements that have grappled with the complex relationship between technology, politics and culture. Subjects such as the Internet, cloning, warfare, fascism and Virtual Reality are placed within a broad theoretical context which explores how humanity might, through technology, establish a more ethical relationship with the world.Examining the philosophy of writers such as Heidegger, Benjamin, Lyotard, Virilio, and Zizek, and cultural movements such as Italian Futurism, this book marks a timely intervention in critical theory debates. The broad scope of the book will be of vital interest to those in the fields of philosophy, critical theory, cultural studies, politics and communications.

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