The whale and the reactor : a search for limits in an age of high technology /: a search for limits in an age of high technology. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Langdon Winner.
• Authors: Winner, Langdon
• Contents: Preface to the Second Edition Preface Acknowledgments I. A Philosophy of Technology 1. Technologies as Forms of Life 2. Do Artifacts Have Politics? 3. Technē and Politeia II. Technology: Reform and Revolution 4. Building the Better Mousetrap 5. Decentralization Clarified 6. Mythinformation III. Excess and Limit 7. The State of Nature Revisited 8. Risk Assessment: A Hazardous Pursuit 9. Brandy, Cigars, and Human Values 10. The Whale and the Reactor 11. Beyond Techno-narcissism: Self and Other in the Digital Public Realm Afterword Notes Index.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 601; Technology -- Philosophy; Technology -- Political aspects; Technology -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226692685
• Related ISBNs: 9780226692548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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