1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910673393703321

Autore

Freidel, Frank

Titolo

The presidents of the United States of America / by Frank Freidel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : White house historical association, c1964

Descrizione fisica

79 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

FONDO ROSSI 4979

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Da George Washington a Lyndon B. Johnson

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002589890403321

Autore

Sambridge, Ernest Harold William

Titolo

Modern published accounts / di SAMBRIDGE e WALDRON

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Londra, : MacDonald & Evans, 1969

Edizione

[Second edition]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 157 p. ; 25 cm

Locazione

ECA

Collocazione

C3-P25-19a-RA

C3-P25-19b-RA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959275803321

Autore

Feenberg Andrew

Titolo

Questioning technology / / Andrew Feenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-73797-1

0-86571-205-0

0-203-02231-9

1-134-73798-X

0-203-15935-7

1-280-33344-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/6

Soggetti

Technology - Social aspects

Technology - Political aspects

Technology - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Questioning Technology; Copyright Page; Contents; List of charts; Preface; 1. Technology, Philosophy, Politics; Part I:The Politicizing of Technology; 2.Technocracy and Rebellion: The May Events of 1968; 3. Environmentalism and the Politics of Technology; Part II:Democratic Rationalization; 4. The Limits of Technical Rationality; 5. The Problem of Agency; 6. Democratizing Technology; Part III:Technology and Modernity; 7. Critical Theories of Technology; 8. Technology and Meaning; 9. Impure Reason; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 separate, then we are essentially