Confronting Technopoly : Charting a Course Towards Human Survival

In 1992, Neil Postman presciently coined the term 'technopoly' to referto 'the surrender of culture to technology'. This book brings togethera number of contributors from different disciplinary perspectives toanalyse technopoly both as a concept and as it is seen and understoodin contemporary society. Contributors present both analysis of andstrategies for managing techno-social conflict, and they also open up anumber of fruitful new lines of thought around emerging technological,social and even psychological forms. [Publisher's text]

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