{"product_id":"catastrophic-technology-in-cold-war-caroline-ashcroft-9781399535014","title":"Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, a certain idea of technology emerged in the work of many influential political theorists: a critical, catastrophic concept of technology, entangled with the apocalyptic fears fuelled by two all-consuming world wars and the looming nuclear threat. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Hannah Arendt, Jacques Ellul, Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse, \u003ci\u003eCatastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the critical idea of technology as both a response to a dramatically changing world, and a radical political critique of Cold War liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Ashcroft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399535013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399535014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Caroline Ashcroft","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199259169023,"sku":"9781399535014","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77b9ce45-0cb0-4daa-a05f-a218e9b2fa15.jpg?v=1727925526","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/catastrophic-technology-in-cold-war-caroline-ashcroft-9781399535014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}