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The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology (original 1986; edition 1988)

by Langdon Winner

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"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the present time."--David Dickson, "New York Times Book Review" ""The Whale and the Reactor" is the philosopher's equivalent of superb public history. In its pages an analytically trained mind confronts some of the most pressing political issues of our day."--Ruth Schwartz Cowan, "Isis"… (more)
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Title:The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology
Authors:Langdon Winner
Info:University Of Chicago Press (1988), Paperback, 214 pages
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The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology by Langdon Winner (1986)

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Some excellent and insightful essays. ( )
  sfj2 | Nov 23, 2023 |
Another well-written, much needed work on our place in the increasingly technological world. Langdon Winner is currently my favorite living academic. ( )
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"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the present time."--David Dickson, "New York Times Book Review" ""The Whale and the Reactor" is the philosopher's equivalent of superb public history. In its pages an analytically trained mind confronts some of the most pressing political issues of our day."--Ruth Schwartz Cowan, "Isis"

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