Modernity and Technology - Hardcover

Misa, Thomas J; Brey, Philip; Feenberg, Andrew

 
9780262134217: Modernity and Technology
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0262134217 ISBN 13: 9780262134217
Verlag: MIT Press, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

If asked, most people would agree that there are deep connections between technology and the modern world, and even that technology is the truly distinctive feature of modernity. Until recently, however, there has been surprisingly little overlap between technology studies and modernity theory. The goal of this ambitious book is to lay the foundations for a new interdisciplinary field by closely examining the co-construction of technology and modernity.

The book is divided into three parts. Part I lays the methodological groundwork for combining studies of technology and modernity, while integrating ideas drawn from feminism, critical theory, philosophy, sociology, and socioeconomics. Part II continues the methodological discussion, focusing on specific sociotechnical systems or technologies with prominent relations to modernity. Part III introduces practical and political issues by considering alternative modes of technology development and offering critiques of modern medicine, environmental technology, international development, and technology policy. The book as a whole suggests a broad research program that is both academic and applied and that will help us understand how contemporary societies can govern technologies instead of being governed by them.

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Críticas

-- Leo Marx, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Eric Schatzberg, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison " An interesting and well-integrated collection..." -- Peter Beech, First Monday " Anyone puzzled by the manifest but imperfectly understood relationship between the accelerating rate of technological innovation and the distinctive character of 'modernity' is bound to learn from this timely book--and especially from its more puzzled contributors." -- Leo Marx, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology " "Modernity and Technology" is an exemplar of innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship. The book is bold yet accessible, and it takes on the big questions at the heart of both modernity theory and technology studies. The mix of social theory and empirical research makes it the most important contribution to technology studies of the past fifteen years." -- Eric Schatzberg, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison & quot; An interesting and well-integrated collection...& quot; -- Peter Beech, First Monday & quot; Anyone puzzled by the manifest but imperfectly understood relationship between the accelerating rate of technological innovation and the distinctive character of 'modernity' is bound to learn from this timely book--and especially from its more puzzled contributors.& quot; -- Leo Marx, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & quot; Modernity and Technology is an exemplar of innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship. The book is bold yet accessible, and it takes on the big questions at the heart of both modernity theory and technology studies. The mix of social theory and empirical research makes it the most important contribution to technology studies of the past fifteen years.& quot; -- Eric Schatzberg, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison " ""Modernity and Technology" is an exemplar of innovative, multidisciplinary scholarship. The book is bold yet accessible, and it takes on the big questions at the heart of both modernity theory and technology studies. The mix of social theory and empirical research makes it the most important contribution to technology studies of the past fifteen years."--Eric Schatzberg, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, University of Wisconsin--Madison "Anyone puzzled by the manifest but imperfectly understood relationship between the accelerating rate of technological innovation and the distinctive character of 'modernity' is bound to learn from this timely book--and especially from its more puzzled contributors."--Leo Marx, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "An interesting and well-integrated collection..."-- Peter Beech, "First Monday"

Reseña del editor

If asked, most people would agree that there are deep connections between technology and the modern world, and even that technology is the truly distinctive feature of modernity. Until recently, however, there has been surprisingly little overlap between technology studies and modernity theory. The goal of this book is to lay the foundations for a new interdisciplinary field by closely examining the co-construction of technology and modernity. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 lays the methodological groundwork for combining studies of technology and modernity, while integrating ideas drawn from feminism, critical theory, philosophy, sociology and socioeconomics. Part 2 continues the methodological discussion, focusing on specific sociotechnical systems or technologies with prominent relations to modernity such as the Internet, surveillance, infrastructures and the western technologies adopted in China and Japan. Part 3 introduces practical and political issues by considering alternative modes of technology development and offering critiques of modern medicine, environmental technology, international development, and technology policy. The book as a whole suggests a broad research program that is both academic and applied and that should help us understand how contemporary societies can govern technologies instead of being governed by them.

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Verlag
MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0262134217
ISBN 13 
9780262134217
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
433
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