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Technology, Pessimism, and Postmodernism
. Ed(S): Ezrahi, Yaron; Mendelsohn, E.; Segal, Howard P.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ezrahi, Yaron; Mendelsohn, E.; Segal, Howard P. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 345.
HOWARD P. SEGAL, FOR THE EDITORS In November 1979 the Humanities Department of the University of Michi gan's College of Engineering sponsored a symposium on ''Technology and Pessimism. " The symposium included scholars from a variety of fields and carefully balanced critics and defenders of modern technology, broadly defined. Although by this point it was hardly revolutionary to suggest that technology was no longer automatically equated with optimism and in turn with unceasing social advance, the idea of linking technology so explicitly with pessimism was bound to attract attention. Among others, John Noble Wilford, a New York Times science and ... Read more
HOWARD P. SEGAL, FOR THE EDITORS In November 1979 the Humanities Department of the University of Michi gan's College of Engineering sponsored a symposium on ''Technology and Pessimism. " The symposium included scholars from a variety of fields and carefully balanced critics and defenders of modern technology, broadly defined. Although by this point it was hardly revolutionary to suggest that technology was no longer automatically equated with optimism and in turn with unceasing social advance, the idea of linking technology so explicitly with pessimism was bound to attract attention. Among others, John Noble Wilford, a New York Times science and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401043793
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V9789401043793
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