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Democracy in a Technological Society

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Langdon Winner

    1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Technology (PHTE, volume 9)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Langdon Winner
      Pages 1-11

  4. Some Proposed Solutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Marxism and the Democratic Control of Technology

      • Paul T. Durbin
      Pages 81-89

    3. Populism and the Cult of the Expert

      • Larry A. Hickman
      Pages 91-103

    4. Autonomous Technology, Democracy, and the Nimbys

      • John Fielder
      Pages 105-121

    5. Technology, Bayesian Policymaking, and Democratic Process

      • Kristin Shrader-Frechette
      Pages 123-137

    6. The Nuts and Bolts of Democracy: Democratic Theory and Technological Design

      • Richard E. Sclove
      Pages 139-157

  5. Historical and Cultural Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Instrumentalists and Expressivists: Ambiguous Links between Technology and Democracy

      • Stanley R. Carpenter
      Pages 161-173

    3. Politics, Progress, and Engineering: Technical Professionals in Russia

      • Vitaly Gorokhov
      Pages 175-185

    4. Heidegger on Technology and Democracy

      • Tom Rockmore
      Pages 187-205

    5. The Moral Assessment of Technology

      • Albert Borgmann
      Pages 207-213

    6. Political Morality under Radical Conditions

      • Joseph Margolis
      Pages 215-233

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 235-239
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This ninth volume is one of the most arnbitious in the Philosophy and Technology series. Edited by technopolitical philosopher Langdon Winner, it assembles an impressive collection of philosophers and political theorists to discuss one of the most important topics of the end of the twentieth century - the bearing of technology, in all its rarnifica­ tions, on the practice of democratic politics in the developed world. When set beside the previous volume in the series - Europe, America, and Teehnology - the two together open a philosophical dialogue of great significance about the ways technology challenges democracy at its very roots. Some philosophers think the attack is fatal. Others are optimistic that democratic means can be discovered, or invented, for the control of technology. Still others object to an optimism-versus-pes­ simism formulation of the issue. But alI agree that the issue is highly significant, one that demands serious philosophical inquiry. The Society for Philosophy and Technology was fortunate in being able to draw this group of writers to Bordeaux, France, in 1989, along with a large number of others whose contributions to the debate could not be included here. It is equally fortunate to have chosen Langdon Winner as president when the time carne to select the best of the papers to fashion this volume. University of Delaware PAUL T.

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  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA

    Langdon Winner

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