Technology in the Western Political Tradition / / ed. by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, Richard Zinman.
This well-integrated group of thirteen papers addresses the intriguing and perplexing issue of whether modern government can handle the problem of technology.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Problem of Technology -- Part I. The Emergence of Modern Technology -- 1. Technology in Classical Thought -- 2. Medieval Christianity: Its Inventiveness in Technology and Science -- 3. Technē and the Origins of Modernity -- 4. Science and Freedom: America as the Technological Republic -- 5. Romanticism and Technology: Satanic Verses and Satanic Mills -- Part II. The Destiny of Modern Technology -- 6. Self-Ownership, Communism, and Equality: Against the Marxist Technological Fix -- 7. Reason in Exile: Critical Theory and Technological Society -- 8. Technicity, Topology, Tragedy: Heidegger on "That Which Saves" in the Global Reach -- 9. Postmodernity, Technology, Ontology -- 10. Liberal Democracy and the Problem of Technology -- 11. Technology and the Problem of Liberal Democracy -- 12 The Problem with the "Problem of Technology" -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | This well-integrated group of thirteen papers addresses the intriguing and perplexing issue of whether modern government can handle the problem of technology. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501744662 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501744662 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, Richard Zinman. |