Invasive Technification: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Technology

Author:   Professor Gernot Böhme (Independent Scholar, Germany) ,  Dr Cameron Shingleton ,  Gernot B Hme ,  Gernot Bohme (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
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9781441182944


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   25 October 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Professor Gernot Böhme (Independent Scholar, Germany) ,  Dr Cameron Shingleton ,  Gernot B Hme ,  Gernot Bohme (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9781441182944


ISBN 10:   1441182942
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   25 October 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Preface \ 1. Introduction \ 2. Science, Technology, Civilisation \ 3. Understanding Technology: Use and Entertainment \ 4. The Technification of Human Relations \ 5. The Technification of Nature \ 6. Critique of Technology \ Appendix: The Last Man as Übermensch \ Index

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'Boehme is a worthy successor to Ellul and Mumford, one who brings the critique of technology up to date by accounting for the recent explosion of new technologies undreamt of by his illustrious predecessors. He also goes beyond them in basing his analysis on a much more developed philosophical orientation focused on the effect of technology on Nature; and thus he is able to assess its invasive impact on human nature, on what we are as bodies and minds and what we might become under its influence. His book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in this issue, arguably the most important one that humanity has to face.' -- Harry Redner, author of 'Beyond Civilization: Society, Culture, and the Individual in the Age of Globalization'. Summing Up: Recommended. Science/technology and philosophy collections, upper-division undergraduates and above. -- T. Eastman, formerly, University of Maryland * CHOICE *


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Gernot Böhme was Professor of Philosophy at Darmstadt's Technische Univerität, Germany, between 1977 and 2002. His publications in English include Coping with Science (Westview, 1992) and Ethics in Context (Polity, 2001). Cameron Shingleton is a translator and lecturer at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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