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Overview"Since the publication of the first edition of Technology and Society: A Canadian Perspective in 1997, awareness of the pervasive effects of new and emerging technologies on our lives is, if anything, even more pronounced. New and emerging technologies in everything from health care to communication and the Internet hold enormous promise. However, the more ominous consequences of technology are also very much with us, from environmental degradation to uncertainty in the workplace in a post ""dot.com"" economy to terrorism and warfare. Technology and Society, Second Edition, continues the rich tradition of Canadian writing on technology found in the work of Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, George Grant, Ursula Franklin, and others. Like the first edition, the book begins and ends with an attempt to understand Grant's insistence that technology is a ""fate,"" connected, in the anthropological sense, with the evolution of societies. In between, the book examines the social and historical foundation for the development and diffusion of technology in the Canadian context. The first three chapters define the phenomenon of technology by classifying the vast array of tools and techniques. They offer a conceptual scheme for understanding the interrelationship between society and technology and for the diffusion of technologies. Subsequent chapters shift to looking at the consequences of technology. The linkage between technology and economic development is explored, as is the significance of a technocratic value system. The relationship between work and technology-the significance of ""automation,"" of a ""branch plant"" economy, ""R&D,"" and communication-is examined. The final chapters consider new leading technologies such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, as well as public attitudes towards technology." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John GoyderPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781551115535ISBN 10: 1551115530 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 December 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9781551110486 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsPreface Part I. Human Beings and Technology: Basic Relationships Technology as Fate Creating Technology Technological Diffusion Part II. Some Consequences of Technology Technology and Economic Development Technology: Class or Culture? The D&D of R&D Communications: Hot and Cool Computer and Culture Technology as Second Self Part III: The Evaluative Dimension Ethical Responses to Technology Technology, Free Will, Inequality, and Fate Glossary IndexReviewsTechnology and Society is a thoroughly researched, insightful sociological analysis of complex issues in the technology / society relationship. - David Long, The King's University College Author InformationJohn Goyder, a professor of sociology at the ;University of Waterloo, is the author of Essentials of Canadian Society (1990) and The Silent Minority (1987). He collaborated with John Porter, Frank Jones, Peter Pineo, Monica Boyd, and Hugh McRoberts on the National Mobility study, reported in the 1985 book, Ascription and Achievement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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