Technology and social power / Graeme Kirkpatrick.
"This text provides an overview of debates in the sociology of technology, including definitions of the main terms and concepts and discussion of the dominant positions, especially in recent scholarship. At the same time, it develops a novel perspective on the subject based in critical theory,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "This text provides an overview of debates in the sociology of technology, including definitions of the main terms and concepts and discussion of the dominant positions, especially in recent scholarship. At the same time, it develops a novel perspective on the subject based in critical theory, bridging work in the sociology of science and technology with wider debate in social theory. It integrates empirical and theoretical elements in well-themed chapters and draws on interesting contemporary examples such as mobile phones and computer games to offer a distinctive sociological perspective on an important dimension of social life."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 182 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1403947287 9781403947284 1403947309 9781403947307 |