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1 online resource (vi, 261 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Technology has extended its reach to the human body - not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense too. Technological infrastructure and the instutions of a technified society today determine what perception is, how we communicate and what forms of social life are possible. A fundamental new conception of technology is therefore required. Technology can no longer be seen simply as a means of efficiently attaining pre-established ends. Rather, it needs to be considered as a total structure, somethi. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Technology -- Philosophy.
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Technology -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Invasive Technisierung. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012006512
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Print version: Böhme, Gernot. Invasive Technisierung. English. Invasive technification. London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2012], ♭2012 9781441149015 (DLC) 2012001745 (OCoLC)768796590 |
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9781441134028 (electronic book) |
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1441134026 (electronic book) |
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9781441194657 (electronic book) |
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1441194657 (electronic book) |
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9781441149015 |
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1441149015 |
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9781441182944 |
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1441182942 |
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