Technologies of Power
Essays in Honor of Thomas Parke Hughes and Agatha Chipley Hughes
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362 pages
- Release Date
25 May 2001
Summary
This collection explores how technologies become forms of power, how people embed their authority in technological systems, and how the machines and the knowledge that make up technical systems strengthen or reshape social, political, and cultural power. The authors suggest ways in which a more nuanced investigation of technology’s complex history can enrich our understanding of the changing meanings of modernity. They consider the relationship among the state, expertise, and authority; the c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262511247 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026251124X |
| Author: | Michael Thad Allen, Gabrielle Hecht |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 362 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2001 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Technologies of Power |
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”…[A] tribute to two fascinating people, and it also stands in its own right as aprimer for its field….” Rob Parsons First Monday
…[A] tribute to two fascinating people, and it also stands in its own right as a primer for its field….
– Rob Parsons, First MondayAbout The Author
Michael Thad Allen
Michael Thad Allen is Assistant Professor of History, Technology, and Society at the Georgia Institute of Technology.Gabrielle Hecht is Frank Stanton Foundation Professor of Nuclear Security and Professor of History at Stanford University. She is the author of The Radiance of France- Nuclear Power and National Identity after World War II (MIT Press).
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