Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry

Blending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives....
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Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry by Borgmann, Albert

Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry

$139.68

Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry

$139.68
Author: Albert Borgmann
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Blending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives. This pattern, discernible even in such an inconspicuous action as switching on a stereo, has global effects: it sharply divides life into labor and leisure, it sustains the industrial democracies, and it fosters the view that the earth itself is a technological device. He argues that technology has served us as well in conquering hunger and disease, but that when we turn to it for richer experiences, it leads instead to a life dominated by effortless and thoughtless consumption. Borgmann does not reject technology but calls for public conversation about the nature of the good life. He counsels us to make room in a technological age for matters of ultimate concern--things and practices that engage us in their own right.

Author: Albert Borgmann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 03/15/1987
Pages: 310
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780226066295


Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 10/21/2008 pg. 33

About the Author
Albert Borgmann is Regents Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana. He is the author of Crossing the Postmodern Divide, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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