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Chapter 55 ~ "Democratic Rationalization: Technology, Power, and Freedom" by Andrew Feenberg
Chapter 55 ~ “Democratic Rationalization: Technology, Power, and Freedom” by Andrew Feenberg (revised – 1992)
Reading chapter 55 was like reading a Who’s Who in the Philosophy of Technology. Many guest stars, to include Ellul, Heidegger, Marcuse, even hackers, make an appearance in this piece; I will say that it feels appropriate to …
7 October 2009
Chapter 35 ~ "The New Forms of Control" by Herbert Marcuse
Chapter 35 ~ “The New Forms of Control” by Herbert Marcuse (1964)
“A comfortable, smooth, reasonable, democratic unfreedom prevails in advanced industrial civilization, a token of technical progress” (405).
In the earlier stages of industrial society, according to Marcuse, rights and liberties were an extreme importance; but now, they are losing their …
29 September 2009
Chapter 51 ~ “Luddism as Epistemology” by Langdon Winner
Chapter 51 ~ “Luddism as Epistemology” by Langdon Winner (1977)
Winner begins his piece with a brief discussion of various suggestions (from Goodman, Bookchin, Marcuse, and Ellul) on how we can eliminate the problems that technology has brought (“brought” being a weak work in that we actually brought the technology into …
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I have to laugh, Liz, because my "update" is about as long a... - Shonell on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I'm about to do an "update" to this post, LOL Considering w... - Liz Pohland on Internet Writing #5: Inside My TC Toolkit :
I can't believe you don't mention Second Life! Or do you not... - Shonell Bacon on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
That's actually an interesting question, Bea. I may have to ... - Bea Amaya on Internet Writing #4: Paper Topic :
I look forward to seeing your final paper, Shon. I don't kno... - Shonell on Internet Writing #3: Digital Literacy Skills :
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Another question, which I know you've realized recently, is ...
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