Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry - Couverture souple

Borgmann, Albert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226066290 ISBN 13 : 9780226066295

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1987

Synopsis

Blending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives. This pattern, discernible even in such an inconspicuous action as switching on a stereo, has global effects: it sharply divides life into labor and leisure, it sustains the industrial democracies, and it fosters the view that the earth itself is a technological device. He argues that technology has served us as well in conquering hunger and disease, but that when we turn to it for richer experiences, it leads instead to a life dominated by effortless and thoughtless consumption. Borgmann does not reject technology but calls for public conversation about the nature of the good life. He counsels us to make room in a technological age for matters of ultimate concern—things and practices that engage us in their own right.

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À propos de l'auteur

Albert Borgmann is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana. He is the author of Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, Crossing the Postmodern Divide, and Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226066290
• ISBN 13: 9780226066295
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
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