{"product_id":"means-without-end-gregory-h-davis-9780761834854","title":"Means Without End: A Critical Survey of the Ideological Genealogy of Technology Without Limits, from Apollonian Techne to Postmodern Technoculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeans without End\u003c\/i\u003e is based on a recognition that contemporary technology is without limits in both a practical and an ideological sense. In following the historical evolution of ideas about technology in Western culture and situating them in the philosophical, theological, and scientific ideological contexts in which they emerged, this work examines a development that has radically altered the conditions of contemporary existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe analysis, critical at all points, begins with the Apollonian Greek \u003ci\u003etechne\u003c\/i\u003e of limits and situates the ideological roots of technology without limits in Christian theology of the Patristic and Medieval periods. Other highlights include ideological underpinnings of the Scientific Revolution and its implications for philosophy and technology; the formulation by Enlightenment \u003ci\u003ephilosophes\u003c\/i\u003e of a secular, technology-promoting theory of progress, their critique of received ideas, and Rousseau's radical stance vis-à-vis progress and technology; Marx's technology-based theory of dialectical materialism, the development of the philosophy of will and the idea of autonomous art, and Nietzsche's eventual proclamation of nihilism in the 19th Century; and the emergence of technology without limits in the 20th Century, reflected in the German reactionary modernists' theory of autonomous technology, Ellul's and Marcuse's critique of the \"technological society\" after World War II, and Virilio's pessimistic assessment of postmodern technoculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory H. Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761834850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761834854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 313","brand":"Gregory H. Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448925237503,"sku":"9780761834854","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e93ea6d5-a17f-4ff5-af7a-dbcd4fab9635.jpg?v=1777261177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/means-without-end-gregory-h-davis-9780761834854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}