Technology and Social Theory

Author:   Steve Matthewman (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 September 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Technology and Social Theory


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Author:   Steve Matthewman (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9780230577565


ISBN 10:   0230577563
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 September 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Theorising Technology Marx, Modernity and the Machine Constructing the Modern: Human-Built World The Politics of Artefacts The Social Construction of Technology The Socio-Technical Construction of Society: Actor-Network Theory Left to Our Own Devices: Subjective Machines Objective Life: Things and Social Theory Conclusion: We Have Always Been Posthuman Bibliography Index.

Reviews

'Matthewman's writing is clear, accessible and engaging and the text displays significant intellectual depth in providing such a rigorous, succinct and sophisticated analysis of a such wide body of literature. A useful addition to reading lists across STS, Sociology, Politics and Communications.' - David Mercer, Associate Professor, Convener of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia


'Matthewman's writing is clear, accessible and engaging and the text displays significant intellectual depth in providing such a rigorous, succinct and sophisticated analysis of a such wide body of literature. A useful addition to reading lists across STS, Sociology, Politics and Communications.' - David Mercer, Associate Professor, Convener of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia 'A well informed and readable account of approaches to technology in sociological thought, organised in a clear and comprehensive way.' - Adrian Mackenzie, Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK


Author Information

STEVE MATTHEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an established writer and teacher in Sociology, with specific interests in science and technology, social theory, cultural studies and modernity and its discontents. His most recent publications include (with Bell) 'Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand: Identity, Space and Place (Oxford University Press, 2004) and 'Being Sociological' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).

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