The whale and the reactor: a search for limits in an age of high technology
"Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has a blog and tweets liberally. First published in 1986, The Whale and the Reactor has been assigned for year...
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| Summary: | "Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He has a blog and tweets liberally. First published in 1986, The Whale and the Reactor has been assigned for years. This edition includes a passionately argued new chapter entitled Beyond Techno-narcissism as well as a new Preface and a postscript describing the now planned decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon reactor in California"-- |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
TO
THE
SECOND
EDITION
VII
PREFACE
XI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XV
1.
A
PHILOSOPHY
OF
TECHNOLOGY
1.
TECHNOLOGIES
AS
FORMS
OF
LIFE
3
2.
DO ARTIFACTS
HAVE
POLITICS?
19
3.
TECHNE
AND
POLITEIA
40
II.
TECHNOLOGY:
REFORM
AND
REVOLUTION
4.
BUILDING
THE
BETTER MOUSETRAP
61
5.
DECENTRALIZATION
CLARIFIED
85
6. MYTHINFORMATION
98
III.
EXCESS
AND
LIMIT
7.
THE
STATE
OF
NATURE REVISITED
121
8. RISK ASSESSMENT:
A HAZARDOUS
PURSUIT
138
9. BRANDY,
CIGARS,
AND
HUMAN
VALUES
155
10.
THE
WHALE
AND
THE
REACTOR
164
11.
BEYOND TECHNO-NARCISSISM:
SELF
AND
OTHER
IN
THE
DIGITAL
PUBLIC
REALM
179
AFTERWORD
197
NOTES
201
INDEX
217
YIBIIOTHEK.
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
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HLUENCHE A
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
TO
THE
SECOND
EDITION
VII
PREFACE
XI
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XV
1.
A
PHILOSOPHY
OF
TECHNOLOGY
1.
TECHNOLOGIES
AS
FORMS
OF
LIFE
3
2.
DO ARTIFACTS
HAVE
POLITICS?
19
3.
TECHNE
AND
POLITEIA
40
II.
TECHNOLOGY:
REFORM
AND
REVOLUTION
4.
BUILDING
THE
BETTER MOUSETRAP
61
5.
DECENTRALIZATION
CLARIFIED
85
6. MYTHINFORMATION
98
III.
EXCESS
AND
LIMIT
7.
THE
STATE
OF
NATURE REVISITED
121
8. RISK ASSESSMENT:
A HAZARDOUS
PURSUIT
138
9. BRANDY,
CIGARS,
AND
HUMAN
VALUES
155
10.
THE
WHALE
AND
THE
REACTOR
164
11.
BEYOND TECHNO-NARCISSISM:
SELF
AND
OTHER
IN
THE
DIGITAL
PUBLIC
REALM
179
AFTERWORD
197
NOTES
201
INDEX
217
YIBIIOTHEK.
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