Modernity and technology / edited by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, and Andrew Feenberg. - ix, 421 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-407) and index.

The Compelling Tangle of Modernity and Technology / Theorizing Modernity and Technology / Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap / Critical Theory, Feminist Theory, and Technology Studies / Modernity under Construction: Building the Internet in Trinidad / Surveillance Technology and Surveillance Society / Infrastructure and Modernity: Force, Time, and Social Organization in the History of Sociotechnical Systems / Creativity of Technology: An Origin of Modernity? / The Contested Rise of a Modernist Technology Politics / Technology, Medicine, and Modernity: The Problem of Alternatives / The Environmental Transformation of the Modern Order / Technology, Modernity, and Development: Creating Social Capabilities in a POLIS / Modernity and Technology - An Afterword / Thomas J. Misa -- Philip Brey -- Andrew Feenberg -- Barbara L. Marshall -- Don Slater -- David Lyon -- Paul N. Edwards -- Junichi Murata -- Johan Schot -- David Hess -- Arthur P. J. Mol -- Haider A. Khan -- Arie Rip. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

If asked, people would agree that there are deep connections between technology and the modern world, and even that technology is a distinctive feature of modernity. This text aims to lay the foundations for an interdisciplinary field by examining the co- construction of technology and modernity.

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Technology--Social aspects

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