The Whale and the Reactor A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology Second Edition Langdon Winner 9780226692685 022669268X

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• ISBN 10: 022669268X
• ISBN 13: 9780226692685
• Author: Langdon Winner

“In an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.” First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winner’s groundbreaking exploration of the political, social, and philosophical implications of technology is timelier than ever. He demonstrates that choices about the kinds of technical systems we build and use are actually choices about who we want to be and what kind of world we want to create—technical decisions are political decisions, and they involve profound choices about power, liberty, order, and justice. A seminal text in the history and philosophy of science, this new edition includes a new chapter, preface, and postscript by the author.

Table contents:

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

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