Technology is not a new development; the novelty lies in its total dominationof our social lives. This book uses social theory to make sense of the growing role of technology in our lives at home, at work or at leisure. Drawing on the latest empirical work, it gives a clear sociological analysis of technologyfor all social science students. STEVE MATTHEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology,University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an established writer and teacher in Sociology, with specific interests in science and technology, social theory, cultural studies and modernity and its discontents. His most recent publications include (with Bell) 'Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand: Identity, Space and Place (Oxford University Press, 2004) and 'Being Sociological' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). INDICE: Introduction - Theorising Technology - Marx, Modernity and the Machine - Constructing the Modern: Human-Built World - The Politics of Artefacts - The Social Construction of Technology - The Socio-Technical Construction of Society: Actor-Network Theory - Left to Our Own Devices: Subjective Machines -Objective Life: Things and Social Theory - Conclusion: We Have Always Been Posthuman - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-57756-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés