Democratic Theory and Technological Society

ISBN-13: 9780873324489 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 370 str.

Richard B. Day

Opis

What are the chief challenges posed to contemporary democracy by modern technology, and how can democratic theory best respond to, or at least reflect on, those challenges? Inhabiting the kind of technologically advanced era in which we live, what sources are available within political theory for theoretical insight concerning the problem of democratic engagement with technology? The purpose of this volume is to canvas a broad range of theorists and theoretical traditions in order to address these questions, including Hegel and Marx, Rousseau and John Dewey, Heidegger and Simone Weil, Habermas and Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt and Hans Jonas. Commentaries on all these important thinkers -- focused on the issue of contemporary technology as posing unique social and political challenges for democratic political life -- yields rich and ambitious resources for theoretical reflection.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Introduction Part I:The Reign of Techne  Chapter 1: Political Imagination in a Technical Age Willem H. Vanderburg  Chapter 2: Marx and Lucács on Technology and the "Value" of Freedom Richard B. Day  Chapter 3: Languages, Techniques, Rationalities Dusan Pokorny  Chapter 4: Technology and the Problem of Democratic Control: The Contribution of Jürgen Habermas Marie Fleming  Chapter 5: Shades of Optimism: Soviet Views on Science and Morality Lászlo G. Jóbbágy  Part II: Prospects for Democracy  Chapter 6: Liberal Democracy and the Problem of Technology Jerry Weinberger  Chapter 7: Rousseau Versus Instant Government: Democratic Participation in the Age of Telepolitics Joseph Masciulli  Chapter 8: Anarchism and Technology Frank Harrison  Chapter 9:  Hegel and Marx: Perspectives on Politics and Technology Richard B. Day  Chapter 10: Political Technology, Democracy and Education: John Dewey's Legacy Frank J. Kurtz  Chapter 11: Dahl, Democracy and Technoogy H.D. Forbes  Part III: Pondering Our Destiny  Chapter 12: Politics and Progress in Heidegger's Philosophy of History  W.R. Newell  Chapter 13:  Fire Alarm: Water Benjamin's Critique of Technology Michael Löwy  Chapter 14:  Consent to the University: Simone Weil and the Natural Ground for Technological Choice Gary A. Lewis  Chapter 15:  George Grant on Technological Imperatives Edward Andrew  Chapter 16: Action into Nature: Hannah Arendt's Reflections on Technology  Barry Booper  Chapter 17: Ethics and Technology: Hans Jonas' Theory of Responsibility Ronald Beiner

O autorze

Richard B. Day, Ronald Beiner, Joseph Masciulli