A Critique of Technological Determinism [microform]
Author : Kevin Coleman
Publisher : National Library of Canada
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9780315263567
Author : Kevin Coleman
Publisher : National Library of Canada
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Communism
ISBN : 9780315263567
Author : Merritt Roe Smith
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 1994-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262691673
These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical questionthat has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent,and by what means, does a society's technology determine itspolitical, social, economic, and cultural forms? These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms? Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist," and a classic article by Robert Heilbroner (reprinted here) renewed the debate within the context of the history of technology. This book clarifies the debate and carries it forward.Marx's position has become embedded in our culture, in the form of constant reminders as to how our fast-changing technologies will alter our lives. Yet historians who have looked closely at where technologies really come from generally support the proposition that technologies are not autonomous but are social products, susceptible to democratic controls. The issue is crucial for democratic theory. These essays tackle it head-on, offering a deep look at all the shadings of determinism and assessing determinist models in a wide variety of historical contexts. Contributors Bruce Bimber, Richard W. Bulliet, Robert L. Heilbroner, Thomas P. Hughes, Leo Marx, Thomas J. Misa, Peter C. Perdue, Philip Scranton, Merritt Roe Smith, Michael L. Smith, John M. Staudenmaier, Rosalind Williams
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Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 34,56 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Canada
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Author : Merrit Roe Smith
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Page : pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
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Author : Gigi Birinyi
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Technology
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
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Category : Electronic book
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Author : Phil Slater
Publisher : Inklinks, Limited
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Author : Edward Tenner
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 1997-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 0679747567
In this perceptive and provocative look at everything from computer software that requires faster processors and more support staff to antibiotics that breed resistant strains of bacteria, Edward Tenner offers a virtual encyclopedia of what he calls "revenge effects"--the unintended consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed modern age. Tenner shows why our confidence in technological solutions may be misplaced, and explores ways in which we can better survive in a world where despite technology's advances--and often because of them--"reality is always gaining on us." For anyone hoping to understand the ways in which society and technology interact, Why Things Bite Back is indispensable reading. "A bracing critique of technological determinism in both its utopian and dystopian forms...No one who wants to think clearly about our high-tech future can afford to ignore this book."--Jackson Lears, Wilson Quarterly
Author : Gloria Friedman-Baron
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Page : 356 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Determinism (Philosophy)
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Author : Hector MacIntyre
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 2015
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