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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973892803321

Autore

Feenberg Andrew

Titolo

Between reason and experience : essays in technology and modernity / / Andrew Feenberg ; foreword by Brian Wynne ; afterword by Michel Callon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010

ISBN

9786612638244

9780262265652

0262265656

9780262276443

0262276445

9781282638242

1282638246

9780262265959

0262265958

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxv, 257 p. : ill

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

601

Soggetti

Technology - Philosophy

Technology - Social aspects

Civilization, Modern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- I Beyond Dystopia -- 1 Democratic Rationalization -- 2 Incommensurable Paradigms -- 3 Looking Forward, Looking Backward -- II Critical Constructivism -- 4 Critical Theory of Technology -- 5 From Information to Communication -- 6 Technology in a Global World -- III Modernity and Rationality -- 7 Modernity Theory and Technology Studies -- 8 From Critical Theory of Technology to the Rational Critique of Rationality -- 9 Between Reason and Experience -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A leading philosopher of technology calls for the democratic coordination of technical rationality with everyday experience.