Culture + technology : a primer /
Culture plus technology
Jennifer Daryl Slack & J. Macgregor Wise.
- xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
Introduction : from culture and technology to technological culture -- Culture and technology : the received view -- Progress -- Convenience -- Determinism -- Control -- Critical responses to the received view -- Luddism -- Appropriate technology -- The unabomber -- A cultural studies approach to technological culture -- Defining technology -- Causality -- Agency -- Articulation and assemblage -- Space -- Identity matters -- Challenging identity -- Politics -- Globalization -- Conclusion : the cultural challenge. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. II. 5. 6. 7. III. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
"From genetically modified food to weapons of mass destruction, we live in an age of intense debate about technology's place in our culture. While the technologies have changed, these debates go back hundreds of years, and their assumptions have become deeply entrenched in our culture." "Culture + Technology is an essential guide to the fascinating history of these debates, and offers new perspectives that give readers the tools they need to make informed decisions about the role of technology in our lives. In clear and compelling language, Slack and Wise untangle and expose the cultural assumptions that underlie our thinking about technology, stories so deeply held we often don't recognize their influence. The book considers the perceived inevitability of technological advance and our myths about progress. It also looks at sources of resistance to these stories from the Luddites of the 19th century to the Unabomber in our own time. Slack and Wise help readers sift through the confusions about culture and technology that arise in their own everyday lives."--BOOK JACKET.
0820450073 9780820450070
2005015547
Technology--Philosophy Technology--Social aspects. Technology and civilization