Author

Publication

2017 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

63,000 words, Guess

Page Count

252 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107180833
  • ISBN-10110718083X
  • OCLC Control Number964379153
  • Better World Books9781107180833
  • Open LibraryOL28629061M

Classifications

  • LCCT14
  • LCCT14 .L39 2017

Description

By reconsidering the theme of isolation in the philosophy of technology, and by drawing upon recent developments in social ontology, Lawson provides an account of technology that will be of interest and value to those working in a variety of different fields. Technology and Isolation includes chapters on the philosophy, history, sociology and economics of technology and contributes to such diverse topics as the historical emergence of the term 'technology', the sociality of technology, the role of technology in social acceleration, the relationship between Marx and Heidegger, and the relationship between technology and those with autism. The central contribution of the book is to provide a new ontology of technology. In so doing, Lawson argues that much of the distinct character of technology can be explained or understood in terms of the dynamic that emerges from technology's peculiar constitutional mix of isolatable and non-isolatable components.

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Other Editions

  • Technology and IsolationCambridge University Press2017

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