Technology and the Politics of Knowledge (Philosophy of Technology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253209404 ISBN 13: 9780253209405

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1995

Synopsis

"This fine collection of essays from a diverse group of authors expounding on a wide variety of subjects presents a generous sampling of the new philosophy of technology." ―Choice

" . . . informative, original, and provocative. . . . Many of the writers are major players in defining the contested political terrain of cultural, science, and technology studies as well as critical theory and Heidegger studies." ―Gerald Doppelt

About this title

About the Author

ANDREW FEENBERG teaches philosophy at San Diego State University. His books include Lukacs, Marx, and the Sources of Critical Theory and Critical Theory of Technology. ALASTAIR HANNAY is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo and author of Mental Images: A Defense and Human Consciousness. He is editor of the journal Inquiry.

From the Back Cover

Technology and the Politics of Knowledge responds to an evergrowing concern with technology in contemporary social thought. The leading figures in the current philosophical study of technology address such complex and hotly debated issues as the place of science and technical knowledge in the political sphere, the role of individual choice and citizen virtue in a technological society, the relevance of gender to technical innovation, the contributions of Habermas and Heidegger to thinking on technology, and the political and moral implications of innovation in such diverse fields as the media and reproductive technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253209404
• ISBN 13: 9780253209405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Feenberg Andrew, Hannay Alastair