The Technological Society, Paperback

Technological Addictions is a wakeup call alerting the medical community--and society at large--to the addictive potential of technology and to tec...

Reducere. Building on the influential book The Social Construction of Technological Systems, this volume carries forward the project of creating a theory of ...

Reducere. In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are...

Analyzing the historical, philosophical, psychological, biological, sociological and technological perspectives of emotion, this book will be of in...

The roots of our modern world lie in this early civilisation, which saw the first urban society and the invention of writing. Postgate uses both hi...

Reducere. A Social History of American Technology, Second Edition, tells the story of American technology from the tools used by its earliest inhabitants to ...

This book explores the ways that scientific and technological advances affect society - from politics to family life to ethics - and what we can do...

DescriptionAwarded the Dexter Prize by the Society for the History of Technology, this book offers a comparative history of the evolution of modern...

Reducere. Addressing the technological opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, Introduction to Philosophy of Technology offers the most up-to-date ...

Charles R. Acland charts the origins, impact, and dynamics of the blockbuster, showing how it became a complex economic and cultural machine design...

A concise explanation of all the elements that make up current British defence policy as it goes through a major transition to confront the technol...

Focussing on the global nature of research in today's society, this book takes the reader through the process of designing, conducting and analysin...

Updated and expanded new edition including coverage of recent media developments and the continued impact of technological change Newly reworked ch...

Acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou traces the modern metamorphoses of intelligence, seeking to understand how neurobiological and neurotechnol...

Reducere. Metaphysical study of God, love, technology, and culture in modern society Reality most basically and properly considered, says David L. Schindler,...

Reducere. George Grantphilosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist, Christianwas one of Canada's most significant thinkers, and the author of Lament for a...

Debashree Mukherjee offers a panoramic history of early Bombay cinema and its consolidation in the 1930s. Bombay Hustle provides vital insight into...

In this brilliant reimagining of Marx's concept of forces of production, Graham shows that the power of fossil capital, not technological deficienc...

Reducere. In this early 20th century novella, Ayn Rand creates a dystopian society that emphasizes government control over all elements of a civilization - a...

"Failure explores the deeply troubling paradox by which the more technological and financial systems fail us, the more dependent on them we become....

Dominant narratives about the changing character of warfare and the revolutionary effect of technological advancement lack nuance and can ultimatel...

An explanation of the digital practices of the black Internet From BlackPlanet to #BlackGirlMagic, Distributed Blackness places blackness at the ve...

The Routledge Companion to World Cinema explores and examines a global range of films and filmmakers, their movements and audiences, comparing thei...

Reducere. The Alchemical Tech Revolution explores the hidden occult agenda behind the "transhumanist" movement. It also identifies seven key "alchemical" tec...

Railroads linked remote hinterlands with cities; overland and undersea cables connected distant continents. This title recounts the enduring conseq...

**The documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-kn...

Reducere. South Korea's extraordinary economic and technological transformation after the Korean War (1950-1953) is often referred to by observers and histor...

This book offers practical guidelines to the best course of action to identify the sociocultural barriers that work to prevent collaboration and co...

This comprehensive and clear introduction to contemporary social theory explores major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to the digi...

Reducere. We are heading for uncertain times. And uncertainty is one thing that the brain doesn't like.This uncertainty is fuelled by a growing drive for bus...

Reducere. DescriptionIt is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and ...

English Learners (ELs) are left behind in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The growing need for effective critical pedagog...

Reducere. In the very near future, "smart" technologies and "big data" will allow us to make large-scale and sophisticated interventions in politics, culture...

Reducere. In 1976, Daniel Bell's historical work predicted a vastly different society developing--one that will rely on the "economics of information" rather...

Since the US Navy's beginnings, it has created, adapted, rejected, and sometimes grudgingly accepted new technologies. This entry into the Wheel Bo...

Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a gl...

Reducere. Examining the flaws of mainstream society, this collection of conspiracy theory, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects seeks to present solutions...

As both readers and writers, we are all aware of blogs, chat rooms, and preprint servers. The truly new feature of this second edition is an extens...

Discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that illuminate what technology is and why it matters.Technology matters,...

Traces the history of government profiling, the effects of contemporary technologies on surveillance practices, and how the law protects individual...

Few of us consider how mundane infrastructures-from electrical grids to sewage systems-have developed over millennia in ways that enable democracy,...

This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia and explains the transformat...

This new volume in the acclaimed Global Punk series extends the critical enquiry to reflect broader social, political and technological concerns im...

Reducere. The sniper is a battlefield threat second to none. Mastering the art of marksmanship is critical but is only part of what makes a Navy SEAL sniper....

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is reshaping the globe at a rate far quicker than earlier revolutions. It is also having a greater influence...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Louis MenandThe publication of The Marketplace of Ideas has precipitated a lively debate about the future of the American u...

In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and its partners had been engaging in warrantless mass surveillance, using the internet and cellphone...

This book examines social movements and transnational networks in the context of globalization in all its forms-economic, political, cultural, and ...

This Element examines hospital noise, a problem that has repeatedly been discovered anew, with each new era bringing its own efforts to control and...

Description This new collection of essays follows in the footsteps of the successful volume Thinking Ahead - Essays on Big Data, Digital Revolution...

Reducere. This book articulates an empirically grounded theory of law applicable throughout history and across different societies. Unlike natural law theory...

Reducere. DescriptionA sociological approach to understanding new media's impact on society We use cell phones, computers, and tablets to access the Internet...

Reducere. DescriptionGreg Johnson's Toward a New Nationalism is a companion volume to his The White Nationalist Manifesto. Toward a New Nationalism collects ...

Reducere. Little actual work is required to provide for most human needs such as shelter, clothing, warmth, food, and water, and even new necessities, such a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ieee Computer SocietyEditor: Pierre BourqueEditor: Richard E. FairleyIn the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowl...

Reducere. For over four decades, Leo Marx's work has focused on the relationship between technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. His resear...

Publisher: Mimesis InternationalAuthor(s): Pietro MontaniNumber of pages: 150Collection: AestheticsPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 210 x 141 x 20...

Reducere. Offering clear, easy-to-understand guidance on designing qualitative research, this fully updated Seventh Edition of Marshall and Rossman's bestsel...

Read an excerpt from this book (PDF). Schools reflect the state of society. If society is materialistic, competitive, egoistic, technological, and ...

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society--beyond work, scarcity and capitalism In the twenty-first century, new technologies should l...

Reducere. David is just a little boy, a little boy who loves his mother, and his teddy bear. David wants to make his mummy happy, and tell her he loves her, ...

Contributor(s): Author: Bill KovarikRevolutions in Communication offers a new approach to media history, presenting an encyclopedic look at the way...

Luciano Floridi develops an original ethical framework for dealing with the new challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT...

Reducere. DescriptionNot since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more p...

Few figures are more crucial to understanding the upheavals of our contemporary era than Karl Polanyi. In a world riven by social and economic cris...

How can management be developed to create the greatest wealth for society as a whole? This is the question Peter Drucker sets out to answer in Inno...

Reducere. Jacques Ellul, a former member of a Law Faculty at the University of Bordeaux, was recognized as a brilliant and penetrating commentator on the rel...

Reducere. It's been five years since the Pulse, the mysterious event that led to the complete failure of the world's electrical grid and plunged society into...

When it was published twenty-five years ago, this book captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels-and their baffled e...

Reducere. Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate...