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Questioning technology

By Andrew Feenberg

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
0415197554, 9780415197557
LCC
HM221 .F3843 1999
Google Books ID
x78k3CNz9t4C
Open Library ID
OL375539M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
606 kB (620368 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\0
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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. Every major technical changes reverberates at countless levels: economic, political, and cultural. If we continue to see the social and technical domains as being seperate, then we are essentially denying an integral part of our existence, and our place in a democratic society.Questioning Tecchnology convinces us that it is vital that we learn more about technology the better to live with it and to manage it.

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