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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Böhme, Gernot
Otros Autores: Shingleton, Cameron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2012], ♭2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 261 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781441134028
1441134026
9781441194657
1441194657
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9781283736077