Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, Second Edition
Ideal for professors who want to provide a comprehensive set of the most important readings in the philosophy of technology, from foundational to the cutting edge, this book introduces students to the various ways in which societies, technologies, and environments shape one another. The readings examine the nature of technology as well as the effects of technologies upon human knowledge, activities, societies, and environments. Students will learn to appreciate the ways that philosophy informs our understanding of technology, and to see how technology relates to ethics, politics, nature, human nature, computers, science, food, and animals.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7425-6400-8
- EAN: 9780742564008
- Produktnummer: 4550125
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 602 S.
- Masse: H26.0 cm x B18.3 cm x D3.6 cm 1'313 g
- Auflage: Second Edition
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1313
Über den Autor
David Kaplan is curator and co-founder of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, now in its tenth year. He is the author of the biography /Tennessee Williams in Provincetown/and editor of the centennial collection of essays, /Tenn at One Hundred/. He has written two series of college textbooks: /Five Approaches to Acting/and /Shakespeare, Shamans, and Show Biz/. Kaplan has staged Tennessee Williams plays worldwide: /Suddenly, Last Summer/in Russia in Russian, /Ten Blocks on the Camino Real/in Uruguay in Spanish, and /The Eccentricities of a Nightingale/in Hong Kong in Cantonese. In 2008 he directed the world premieres of Williams /The Day on Which a Man Dies/in Chicago and /The Dog Enchanted by the Divine View/in Boston. At the New Orleans Tennessee Williams Festival he's staged Williams /The Traveling Companion/, /The Chalky White Substance/, and /The Hotel Plays/.
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