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Invasive technification : critical essays in the philosophy of technology /
Technology has extended its reach to the human body - not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense too. Technological infrastructure and the instutions of a technified society today determine what perce...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2012], ♭2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Technology has extended its reach to the human body - not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense too. Technological infrastructure and the instutions of a technified society today determine what perception is, how we communicate and what forms of social life are possible. A fundamental new conception of technology is therefore required. Technology can no longer be seen simply as a means of efficiently attaining pre-established ends. Rather, it needs to be considered as a total structure, somethi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 261 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441134028 1441134026 9781441194657 1441194657 1283736071 9781283736077 |