Globalization, technology, and philosophy / edited by David Tabachnick and Toivo Koivukoski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tabachnick, David.

Koivukoski, Toivo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Globalization.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

vi, 251 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Confronts globalization and technology from philosophical perspectives.

Contents:

Intro

Globalization, Technology, and Philosophy

Contents

Introduction by David Tabachnick and Toivo Koivukoski

Part One: Community

1. Democracy in the Age of Globalization by Waller R. Newell

2. Communication versus Obligation: The Moral Status of Virtual Community by Darin Barney

3. Technology and the Great Refusal: The Information Age and Critical Social Theory by Bernardo Alexander Attias

4. On Globalization, Technology, and the New Justice by Tom Darby

5. What Globalization Do We Want? by Don Ihde

6. Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Reflections on the Twentieth Century by Andrew Feenberg

Part Two: Humanity

7. The Problem with "The Problem of Technology" by Arthur M. Melzer

8. Global Technology and the Promise of Control by Trish Glazebrook

9. The Human Condition in the Age of Technology by Gilbert Germain

10. Technology and the Ground of Humanist Ethics by Ian Angus

11. Recomposing the Soul: Nietzsche's Soulcraft by Horst Hutter

12. Globalization, Technology, and the Authority of Philosophy by Charlotte Thomas

13. Persons in a Technological Universe by Donald Phillip Verene

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791485231

0791485234

9781423739487

1423739485

OCLC:

62365118