Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism - Couverture souple

Lubrano, Mauro

 
9781509555741: Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism

Synopsis

As we stand on the cusp of an AI revolution, will we see the rise of a new anti-technology extremism that threatens to dismantle the gains of modern civilization?

In the first exploration of this phenomenon, Mauro Lubrano traces the origins and evolution of anti-technology violence across the globe. He identifies three main groups fuelling such resistance: insurrectionary anarchists, eco-extremists, and eco-fascists. Exploring the justifications that underlie the opposition to technology and the strategies employed to 'stop the machines', he shows how anti-tech extremism has emerged as a reaction to the Anthropocene - an attempt to undo the epoch of human domination. The intellectual flexibility of this ideology lends itself to different causes, from the class struggle against the techno-elites to the defence of nature and white supremacy. With fears about the risks of artificial intelligence mounting and the world beset by serious 'polycrises', what is currently a fragmented, fringe phenomenon holds the potential for dramatic escalation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mauro Lubrano is Lecturer in International Relations & Politics in the Department of Politics, Languages, and International Studies at the University of Bath. His research on political violence and terrorism, anti-technology politics, and innovation processes in violent non-state actors has been published in several journals, including Terrorism & Political Violence, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, and Perspectives on Terrorism. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews.

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9781509555734: Stop the Machines: The Rise of Anti-Technology Extremism

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ISBN 10 :  1509555730 ISBN 13 :  9781509555734
Editeur : Polity Press, 2025
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