Questioning technology / / Andrew Feenberg

• Autore: Feenberg Andrew
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/6
• Soggetto topico: Technology - Social aspects; Technology - Political aspects; Technology - Philosophy
• 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 seperate, then we are essentially
• Titolo autorizzato: Questioning technology
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783833003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II