Technology, modernity, and democracy : essays by Andrew Feenberg / edited by Eduardo Beira and Anw Feenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beira, Eduardo, editor.

Feenberg, Anw, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018.

Summary:

This important collection of essays by Andrew Feenberg presents his critical theory of technology, an innovative approach to philosophy and sociology of technology based on a synthesis of ideas drawn from STS and Frankfurt School Critical Theory. The volume includes chapters on citizenship, modernity, and Heidegger and Marcuse.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY; Chapter One. Encountering Technology; Chapter Two. Ten Paradoxes of Technology; Chapter Three. What Is Philosophy of Technology?; Part II. TECHNICAL CITIZENSHIP; Chapter Four. Technoscience and Democracy; Chapter Five. Agency and Citizenship in a Technological Society; Chapter Six. Function and Meaning: The Double Aspects of Technology; Part III. HEIDEGGER AND MARCUSE; Chapter Seven. Heidegger and Marcuse: On Reification and Concrete Philosophy.

Chapter Eight. The Politics of Meaning: Modernity, Technology, and RationalityNotes; References; Proper Name Index; Concept Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786607218

1786607212