Means Without End - A Critical Survey of Ideological Genealogy of Technology Without

Informationen zum Autor Gregory H. Davis is Professor of Humanities and Political Science at the College of San Mateo, California, where he has taught Technology, Contemporary Society, and Human Values for more than 25 years. He received his M.A. and B.A. from Stanford University. He is the author of Technology: Humanism or Nihilism , also from the University Press of America. Klappentext Starting with the Apollonian Greek theory of techne, Means Without End presents a history of transformations of ideas about technology, viewed within their broader philosophical, theological, and scientific contexts. Critically focusing on the ideological genealogy of technology without limits and finding its cultural roots in Christian theology, it details ideological developments in the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and 19th century which prepared the way for a theory of autonomous technology and for postmodern technoculture in the 20th century. Zusammenfassung Starting with the Apollonian Greek theory of techne! this book presents a history of transformations of ideas about technology! viewed within their philosophical! theological! and scientific contexts. It focuses on the ideological genealogy of technology without limits and finds its cultural roots in Christian theology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 One: The Classical Greek Period Chapter 4 Two: The Patristic and Medieval Period of Christian Culture Chapter 5 Three: The Renaissance and The Scientific Revolution Chapter 6 Four: The Enlightenment Chapter 7 Five: The Nineteenth Century Chapter 8 Six: The Twentieth Century Part 9 Bibliography Part 10 Index Part 11 About The Author

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gregory Davis, Gregory H. Davis, Davis Gregory H.
• Verlag: University Press Of America
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 19.06.2006
• EAN: 9780761834854
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3485-4
• Seiten: 232
• Themen: Belletristik > Geschenkbücher, Alben, Immerwährende Kalender, Postkartenbücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Allgemeines, Lexika; History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, HISTORY / World, Society & culture: general, General & world history, Ethics & moral philosophy, Sociology & anthropology, Medieval Philosophy, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600