Authors: Robert Boguslaw.
Paperback, pages
Publisher: Irvington Pub
Publication Date: 1980-06
Edition: Rev Sub

Authors: Manuel Castells.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Publication Date: 1985-05-01


Reviews :

    The relationship between the technological revolution and the simultaneous process of worldwide urban-regional restructuring is examined in this book. Two overview chapters by Manuel Castells and Peter Hall summarize current research in the United States and Great Britain. Additional chapters examine locational patterns and regional effects of high-tech manufacturing; the impact of technological change on service industries and metropolitan economies; and the social, spatial, and political effects of new communications technologies....

Authors: Charles Edquist.
Hardcover, 182 pages
Publisher: Zed Books
Publication Date: 1986-10

Authors: Valentina Borremans.
Unknown Binding, 320 pages
Publisher: Borremans
Publication Date: 1978
Edition: Draft 1978

Authors: June C Nash.
Unknown Binding, pages
Publisher:
Publication Date: 1982

Authors: Rowland C. W Brown.
Unknown Binding, 32 pages
Publisher: Privately printed
Publication Date: 1984

Authors:
Paperback, 281 pages
Publisher: United Nations Educational
Publication Date: 1987-06

Authors: John T Pettit.
Unknown Binding, pages
Publisher: Hughes Aircraft Co
Publication Date: 1961

Authors:
Hardcover, pages
Publisher: Icus Books
Publication Date: 1987-09

Authors: Andrew Feenberg.
Hardcover, 200 pages
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 1995-11-07


Reviews :

    In this new collection of essays, Andrew Feenberg argues that conflicts over the design and organization of the technical systems that structure our society shape deep choices for the future. A pioneer in the philosophy of technology, Feenberg demonstrates the continuing vitality of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. He calls into question the anti-technological stance commonly associated with its theoretical legacy and argues that technology contains potentialities that could be developed as the basis for an alternative form of modern society.
Feenberg's critical reflections on the ideas of Jürgen Habermas, Herbert Marcuse, Jean-François Lyotard, and Kitaro Nishida shed new light on the philosophical study of technology and modernity. He contests the prevalent conception of technology as an unstoppable force responsive only to its own internal dynamic and politicizes the discussion of its social and cultural construction.
This argument is substantiated in a series of compelling and well-grounded case studies. Through his exploration of science fiction and film, AIDS research, the French experience with the "information superhighway," and the Japanese reception of Western values, he demonstrates how technology, when subjected to public pressure and debate, can incorporate ethical and aesthetic values....