Technical Politics : Andrew Feenberg’s Critical Theory of Technology
Technology often plays an ambiguous role in theories of social change. Viewed by Karl Marx as the driving force of historical progress, it has come to be associated with exploitation and alienation, thanks in large part to the work of Frankfurt School critical theorists such as Theodor Adorno and Ma...
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Manchester University Press
2020
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