Against Technology
From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism
This book addresses the question of what it might mean today to be a Luddite--that is, to take a stand against technology. Steven Jones here explains the history of the Luddites, British textile works who, from around 1811, proclaimed themselves followers of &quote;Ned Ludd&quote; and smashed machinery they saw as threatening their trade. Against Technology is not a history of the Luddites, but a history of an idea: how the activities of a group of British workers in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire came to stand for a global anti-technology philosophy, and how an anonymous collective movement came to be identified with an individualisti…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-135-52239-1
- EAN: 9781135522391
- Produktnummer: 24433348
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'280 KB
- Abbildungen: 4 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of Satire and Romanticism and editor of The Satiric Eye.
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