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The Book Compares Resistance To Technology Across Time, Nations And Technologies. Three Post-war Technologies - Nuclear Power, Information Technology And Biotechnology - Are Used In The Analysis. The Focus Is On Post-1945 Europe, With Comparisons Made With The Usa, Japan And Australia. Instead Of Assuming That Resistance Contributes To The Failure Of A Technology, The Main Thesis Of The Book Is That Resistance Is A Constructive Force In Technological Development, Giving Technology Its Particular Shape In A Particular Context. Whilst Many People Still Believe In Science And Technology, Many Have Become More Sceptical Of The Allied 'progress'. By Exploring The Idea That Modernity Creates Effects That Undermine Its Own Foundations, Forms And Effects Of Resistance Are Explored In Various Contexts. The Book Presents A Unique Interdisciplinary Study, Including Contributions From Historians, Sociologists, Psychologists And Political Scientists.--jacket. 1. Resistance To New Technology And Its Effects On Nuclear Power, Information Technology And Biotechnology / Martin Bauer -- 2. The Crisis Of 'progress' / Alain Touraine -- 3. Reinterpreting 'luddism': Resistance To New Technology In The B

Author

Martin Bauer

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521599481

Subjects

Sociology, Technology, Science