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Critical Theory of Technology by Andrew Feenberg (1991, Trade Paperback) Vintage
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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195068556
ISBN-13
9780195068559
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1265066
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Critical Theory of Technology
Subject
Social Aspects, Sociology / General, Movements / Critical Theory
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
90-024412
Reviews
"Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new book explores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. It suggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce a more just, humane society for the century just ahead."--LangdonWinner, author of The Whale and the Reactor, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospher engage a real world issue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology with society."--Jesse S. Tatum, Michigan Technological University "Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new book explores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. It suggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce a more just, humane society for the century just ahead."--Langdon Winner, author of The Whale and the Reactor " Critical Theory of Technology provides a superb...presentation of the various positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism; brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; and original and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner, University of Texas, Austin "A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful and lucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values and practices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor, University of California, Santa Cruz "Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers and bureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptin to discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in this decade to address issues and solve problems. The book is appropriate for an academic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate for workers in technology." -- Computing Reviews, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospher engage a real worldissue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology withsociety."--Jesse S. Tatum, Michigan Technological University, "Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers andbureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptinto discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in thisdecade to address issues and solve problems. The book is appropriate for anacademic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate orgraduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate forworkers in technology." --Computing Reviews, "The most important contribution to the critical theory of technology ofthe last decade. It is a work that should be studied by all progressivesconcerned with the role technology plays in social change."--Science andSociety, "Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers and bureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptin to discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in this decade to address issues and solve problems. The book isappropriate for an academic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate for workers in technology." --Computing Reviews, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospher engage a real world issue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology with society."--Jesse S. Tatum, Michigan Technological University, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospher engage a real world issue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology with society."--Jesse S. Tatum, Michigan Technological University "Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new book explores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. It suggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce a more just, humane society for the century just ahead."--Langdon Winner, author of The Whale and the Reactor "Critical Theory of Technology provides a superb...presentation of the various positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism; brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; and original and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner, University of Texas, Austin "A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful and lucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values and practices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor, University of California, Santa Cruz "Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers and bureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptin to discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in this decade to address issues and solve problems. The book is appropriate for an academic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate for workers in technology." --Computing Reviews, "A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful and lucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values and practices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Critical Theory of Technology provides a superb...presentation of thevarious positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism;brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; andoriginal and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner,University of Texas, Austin, "There is much of interest in this text....There is, too, considerable novelty in what he has to say about the technological basis for change....his analytically deep consideration of the notion of rationality poses a challenge to many contemporary theorists."--New Technology, Work andEmployment, "The most important contribution to the critical theory of technology of the last decade. It is a work that should be studied by all progressives concerned with the role technology plays in social change."--Science and Society, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospherengagea real world issue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology with society."--Jesse S. Tatum,Michigan Technological University "Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new book explores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. It suggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce a more just, humane society for the century just ahead."--Langdon Winner, author ofThe Whale and the Reactor "Critical Theory of Technologyprovides a superb...presentation of the various positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism; brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; and original and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner,University of Texas, Austin "A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful and lucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values and practices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor,University of California, Santa Cruz "Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers and bureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptin to discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in this decade to address issues and solve problems. The book is appropriate for an academic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate for workers in technology." --Computing Reviews, "A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful andlucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values andpractices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor,University of California, Santa Cruz, "There is much of interest in this text....There is, too, considerablenovelty in what he has to say about the technological basis for change....hisanalytically deep consideration of the notion of rationality poses a challengeto many contemporary theorists."--New Technology, Work and Employment, "What has been largely missing from current debates on technology's role in society and its future application has been any extended examination of their heritage and relation to Critical Theory. Andrew Feenberg's Critical Theory of Technology fulfills that role and adds to it a dimension fewhave really had the courage to furnish, the means with which to think 'another possible industrial civilization.'...Feenberg's book is an important contribution to the philosophy of technology and science not only because of its exceptional analyses of technology in the works of Critical Theory, butalso because it calls upon the resources of that tradition to supply us with the means to "grasp the outlines of another possible industrial civilization" within our reach."--Theory and Society, "Excellent. It's good to see an academic philosospher engage a real world issue as critical in our time as the interaction of technology with society."--Jesse S. Tatum, Michigan Technological University"Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new book explores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. It suggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce a more just, humane society for the century just ahead."--Langdon Winner, author of The Whale and the Reactor"Critical Theory of Technology provides a superb...presentation of the various positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism; brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; and original and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner, University of Texas, Austin"A compelling argument for technological change based on a careful and lucidly written anatomy of the cultural, political, and economic values and practices underlying modern capitalism and socialism."--James O'Connor, University of California, Santa Cruz"Timely. The book is appropriate and recommended reading for managers and bureaucrats. It provides perspective. It offers ideas to consider in attemptin to discover alternative directions societies and workplaces could take in this decade to address issues and solve problems. The book is appropriate for an academic study of technology and society, or for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on computers and society. The book is also appropriate for workers in technology." --Computing Reviews, "Critical Theory of Technology provides a superb...presentation of the various positions in debates over technology, capitalism, and socialism; brilliant applications of the tradition of Critical Theory to these issues; and original and innovative analyses of Feenberg's own."--Douglas Kellner,University of Texas, Austin, "What has been largely missing from current debates on technology's rolein society and its future application has been any extended examination of theirheritage and relation to Critical Theory. Andrew Feenberg's Critical Theory ofTechnology fulfills that role and adds to it a dimension few have really had thecourage to furnish, the means with which to think 'another possible industrialcivilization.'...Feenberg's book is an important contribution to the philosophyof technology and science not only because of its exceptional analyses oftechnology in the works of Critical Theory, but also because it calls upon theresources of that tradition to supply us with the means to "grasp the outlinesof another possible industrial civilization" within our reach."--Theory andSociety, "Lucid, provocative, and gracefully written, Andrew Feenberg's new bookexplores the complex interpenetration of technology, economics, and culture. Itsuggests creative ways to tame the technological juggernaut and to produce amore just, humane society for the century just ahead."--Langdon Winner, authorof The Whale and the Reactor
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
601
Synopsis
Modern technology is more than a neutral tool: it is the framework of our civilization and shapes our way of life. Social critics claim that we must choose between this way of life and human values. Critical Theory of Technology challenges that pessimistic cliche. This pathbreaking book argues that the roots of the degradation of labor, education, and the environment lie not in technology per se but in the cultural values embodied in its design. Rejecting such popular solutions as economic simplicity or spiritual renewal, Feenberg presents a compelling argument for broader democratic participation in technological choices. This book will be of special interest to scholars and students of philosophy, sociology, contemporary Marxism, and Critical Theory., Modern technology is more than a neutral tool: it is the framework of our civilization and shapes our way of life. Social critics claim that we must choose between this way of life and human values. Critical Theory of Technology challenges that pessimistic cliche. This pathbreaking bookargues that the roots of the degradation of labor, education, and the environment lie not in technology per se but in the cultural values embodied in its design. Rejecting such popular solutions as economic simplicity or spiritual renewal, Feenberg presents a compelling argument for broaderdemocratic participation in technological choices. This book will be of special interest to scholars and students of philosophy, sociology, contemporary Marxism, and Critical Theory.
LC Classification Number
T14.F43 1991
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