Technoculture & Society: Critical Essays on Technological Change

Author(s): Robert Williams

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2024

Pages: 112

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ISBN 9798385150052

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Preface and Acknowledgments 

1 Introduction: Changing Technoculture(s) 

PART I HISTORICAL TECHNOCULTURES 
2 The Self, Knowledge, and Cultural Values 
3 Historical and Socially Disruptive Technologies 
4 Mass Media and Information Warfare 

PART II EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES 
5 Digital Technologies and Power 
6 Bio Technologies 
7 Political Economy and Technocultural Landscapes 

PART III DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY 
8 Population and Aging 
9 Shaping Labor Justice: Power, Technology, and Resistance at Work 
10 Decolonizing Global Technology? 

References

Robert Williams

"From humans’ first use of simple tools to today’s computer-mediated ‘cyborgs’ inhabiting biotechnological spaces, Robert A. Williams provides a critical account of technological change. His perceptive essays combine to query the role that a range of technologies play in transforming how we interact and understand ourselves."

— Ernesto Noronha, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
 

Preface and Acknowledgments 

1 Introduction: Changing Technoculture(s) 

PART I HISTORICAL TECHNOCULTURES 
2 The Self, Knowledge, and Cultural Values 
3 Historical and Socially Disruptive Technologies 
4 Mass Media and Information Warfare 

PART II EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES 
5 Digital Technologies and Power 
6 Bio Technologies 
7 Political Economy and Technocultural Landscapes 

PART III DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY 
8 Population and Aging 
9 Shaping Labor Justice: Power, Technology, and Resistance at Work 
10 Decolonizing Global Technology? 

References

Robert Williams

"From humans’ first use of simple tools to today’s computer-mediated ‘cyborgs’ inhabiting biotechnological spaces, Robert A. Williams provides a critical account of technological change. His perceptive essays combine to query the role that a range of technologies play in transforming how we interact and understand ourselves."

— Ernesto Noronha, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad