Steven E Jones

Against Technology

From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism

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Produktbeschreibung

Against Technology 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 workers who, from around 1811, proclaimed themselves followers of "Ned Ludd" and smashed machinery they saw as threatening their trade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 162mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415978682
• ISBN-10: 0415978688
• Artikelnr.: 21660832

Autorenporträt

Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of Satire and Romanticism and editor of The Satiric Eye.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Boom, the Bust, and Neo-Luddites in the 1990s
Chapter 2 The Mythic History of The Original Luddites
Chapter 3 Romanticizing the Luddites
Chapter 4 Frankenstein and the Monster of Technology
Chapter 5 Novelizing the Luddites
Chapter 6 Counterculture and Countercomputer in the 1960s
Chapter 7 Ned Ludd in the Age of Terror