Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

John Goyder

Published by University of Toronto Press 2013

Technology and Society

A Canadian Perspective, Second Edition

John Goyder

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442603011

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About this book

"Technology and Society is a thoroughly researched, insightful sociological analysis of complex issues in the technology / society relationship." - David Long, The King's University College

Author / Editor information

Goyder John :

John Goyder, a professor of sociology at the ;University of Waterloo, is the author of Essentials of Canadian Society (1990) and The Silent Minority (1987). He collaborated with John Porter, Frank Jones, Peter Pineo, Monica Boyd, and Hugh McRoberts on the National Mobility study, reported in the 1985 book, Ascription and Achievement.

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David Long, The King's University College:

Technology and Society is a thoroughly researched, insightful sociological analysis of complex issues in the technology/society relationship. Informed by a sincere interdisciplinary appreciation for the cultural, historical, political, and economic dimensions of human life, it well deserves to become one of the 'must have' books for those concerned with understanding the concrete, though often disturbingly 'fateful' relationship between humans and technology.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I. Human Beings and Technology: Basic Relationships
Chapter 1: Technology as Fate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2: Creating Technology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 3: Technological Diffusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Part II. Some Consequences of Technology
Chapter 4: Technology and Economic Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 5: Technocracy: Class or Culture? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Chapter 6. The D&D of R&D Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 7: Communications: Hot and Cool Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Chapter 8: Computer and Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Chapter 9: Technology as Second Self Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Part III. The Evaluative Dimension
Chapter 10: Ethical Responses to Technology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Chapter 11: Technology, Free Will, Inequality, and Fate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Edition: 2nd Edition
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Keywords: Coursebook

eBook

Published: April 29, 2013
ISBN: 9781442603011