ABSTRACT
In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the social and political structure of modern societies. Environmentalism, information technology, and medical advances testify to technology's crucial importance.
In his lucid and engaging style, Feenberg shows that technology is the medium of daily life. Every major technical changes reverberates at countless levels: economic, political, and cultural. If we continue to see the social and technical domains as being seperate, then we are essentially denying an integral part of our existence, and our place in a democratic society.
Questioning Tecchnology convinces us that it is vital that we learn more about technology the better to live with it and to manage it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |17 pages
Technology, Philosophy, Politics
part |51 pages
The Politicizing of Technology
chapter |23 pages
Technocracy and Rebellion: The May Events of 1968
chapter |26 pages
Environmentalism and the Politics of Technology
part |76 pages
Democratic Rationalization
chapter |25 pages
The Limits of Technical Rationality
chapter |29 pages
The Problem of Agency
chapter |17 pages
Democratizing Technology
part |78 pages
Technology and Modernity