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The Whale and the Reactor:

A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology
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University of Chicago Press, 15 juil. 2010 - 214 pages
"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the present time."—David Dickson, New York Times Book Review

"The Whale and the Reactor is the philosopher's equivalent of superb public history. In its pages an analytically trained mind confronts some of the most pressing political issues of our day."—Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Isis
  

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Review: The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

Avis d'utilisateur  - 'Jj - Goodreads

I would like to reread his chapter about 'values not being the answer' or whatnot Consulter l'avis complet

Review: The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology

Avis d'utilisateur  - Bryan Kibbe - Goodreads

Winner does an excellent job of mounting some well-placed and subtle criticisms of technological devices and the way in which we evaluate and discuss those technologies. In particular, Winner offers ... Consulter l'avis complet

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À propos de l'auteur (2010)

Langdon Winner is professor of political science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the author of Autonomous Technology.

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