Machines (International Social Studies Forum: the Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623968801 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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DeLeon, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Richard A. Abraham P. Diem, University of Texas - San Antonio, USA Jeff Passe, The College of New Jersey, USA
DeLeon, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Richard A. Diem, University of Texas - San Antonio, USA Jeff Passe, The College of New Jersey, USA . About the Author Abraham P
Machines rejects the notion that technological innovations are indeed neutral, propelling us to think differently about those “things” created under specific economic or historical paradigms. With the deep engagement of various texts, Machines offers the reader moments of escape, alternative ways to envision technology for a future yet to materialize. They are such an integral fabric of daily reality that their disappearance would have immediate and dire consequences for the survival of humanity. Rethinking machines provides a rupture to our current technocratic impetus, shining a critical light on possible alternatives to our current reality. From labor to social theory, art or consciousness, literature or television, to the asylums of the 19th century, machines are a central figure; an o
The book itself operates like a stone skipping across the water Curtis Brewer Abraham DeLeon’s book is an important critique of a constituent element of our everyday life.The author starts with the desire to transcend the self-alienating forces in our everyday lives and explains how machines facilitate the exponential growth of these forces. In doing so he accomplishes two important things: (a) he dispels the neutral character presently attributed to the machine (or technology) in our society, and; (b) he provocatively offers a view of a future where we deal in earnest with a society that is simultaneously, “dependent and repulsed by what machin