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1、TechnocultureandCriticalTheoryWhiletechnologyallowshumanitytodevelopmoreconstructivewaysofengagingwiththeworld,italsoextendsthecapacityfordominationandexploitation.Itenablesustorealiseourneeds,butcanalsoreconstructthoseneedssothataspirationstowardshumanprogressreali
2、sethemselveswithinatechnocratic,antihumanparadigm–inthe‘serviceofthemachine’.TechnocultureandCriticalTheorytheorisestheambivalencemostofusregistertowardstechnologicalprogress.Theauthorexplorestheworkofmajorthinkersandculturalmovementsthathavegrappledwiththecomplexre
3、lationshipbetweentechnology,politicsandculture.SubjectssuchastheInternet,cloning,warfare,fascismandVirtualRealityareplacedwithinabroadtheoreticalcontextwhichexploreshowhumanitymight,throughtechnology,establishamoreethicalrelationshipwiththeworld.Examiningthephilosop
4、hyofwriterssuchasHeidegger,Benjamin,Lyotard,VirilioandŽižek,andculturalmovementssuchasItalianFuturism,thisbookmarksatimelyinterventionincriticaltheorydebates.Thebroadscopeofthebookwillbeofvitalinteresttothoseinthefieldsofphilosophy,criticaltheory,culturalstudies,pol
5、iticsandcommunications.SimonCooperisaneditorofArenaJournal,andteachesinCommunicationsatMonashUniversity.RoutledgeStudiesinScience,TechnologyandSociety1ScienceandtheMediaAlternativeroutesinscientificcommunicationMassimianoBucchi2Animals,DiseaseandHumanSocietyHuman–an
6、imalrelationsandtheriseofveterinarymedicineJoannaSwabe3TransnationalEnvironmentalPolicyTheOzoneLayerReinerGrundmann4BiologyandPoliticalScienceRobertH.BlankandSamuelM.Hines,Jr.5TechnocultureandCriticalTheoryIntheserviceofthemachine?SimonCooperTechnocultureandCritical
7、TheoryIntheserviceofthemachine?SimonCooperLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished2002byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedint
8、heTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©2002SimonCooperAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelect
