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An edition of Meaning in Technology (1999)

Meaning in Technology

In previous books, Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology, and about the complex interaction of political, cultural, economic, and scientific influences on the course of technological practice. In Meaning in Technology, he explores how an individual's sense of purpose and meaning in life can affect the shape and use of technology. Stressing that there is no hierarchy of meaning in technology, he argues against reductionism in interpreting technology in a human context, and for acknowledgment of the role of human experience of purpose when it helps to express meaning in technology. - Jacket flap.

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English
Pages
272

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Meaning in Technology
April 1, 2001, The MIT Press
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Meaning in Technology
2001, MIT Press
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Meaning in Technology
1999, MIT Press
in English
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Meaning in Technology
July 30, 1999, The MIT Press, MIT Press
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First Sentence

"A formative moment during the nineteenth century was the Great Exhibition of All Nations held in London in 1851."

Table of Contents

Introduction : Dimensions of experience
Part one : The practitioner's experience : visual and musical fundamentals.
1. Music, source of technology?
2. Visual thinking
3. Meaning in the hands
4. Social meanings
Part two : Contexts of technology : nature, people, and conflict.
5. The sense of place
6. Exploration, invention, and the remaking of nature
7. Gender and creativity
8. Knowledge pregnant with evil
Part three : Conclusion : The missed opportunity?
9. People-centered technology

Edition Notes

Published in
Cambridge, MA, London, England

Classifications

Library of Congress
T14.P28 1999, T14 .P28 1999, T 14 P28 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
viii, 264 p.
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9544514M
Internet Archive
meaningintechnol0000pace
ISBN 10
0262161826
ISBN 13
9780262161824
LCCN
98049287
OCLC/WorldCat
40533947
Library Thing
297734
Goodreads
6058944

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