MIT Press - Modernity and
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Modernity and Technology
by Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey, Andrew
FeenbergISBN: 0-262-13421-7,
376 Pages,
2003
If asked, most
people would agree that there are deep connections between
technology and the modern world, and even that technology is
the truly distinctive feature of modernity. Until recently,
however, there has been surprisingly little overlap between
technology studies and modernity theory.

The goal of this ambitious book is to lay the
foundations for a new interdisciplinary field by closely
examining the co-construction of technology and modernity.

The book is divided into three parts.
Part I lays the methodological groundwork for
combining studies of technology and modernity, while
integrating ideas drawn from feminism, critical theory,
philosophy, sociology, and socioeconomics.
Part II continues the methodo-logical
discussion, focusing on specific sociotechnical systems or
technolo-gies with prominent relations to modernity.
Part III introduces practical and political
issues by considering alternative modes of technology
development and offering critiques of modern medicine,
environmental technology, international development, and
technology policy.
The book as a
whole suggests a broad research program that is both academic
and applied and that will help us understand how contemporary
societies can govern technologies instead of being governed by
them.



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