{"product_id":"the-great-reversal-david-tabachnick-9780802094698","title":"The Great Reversal: How We Let Technology Take Control of the Planet","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery day, we are presented with new technologies that can influence human thought and action, such as psychopharmaceuticals, new generation performance enhancing drugs, elective biotechnology, and gastric bypass surgery. Have we let technology go too far in this respect? In \u003cem\u003eThe Great Reversal\u003c\/em\u003e, David Edward Tabachnick contends that this question may not be unique to contemporary society. Through an assessment of the great works of philosophy and politics, Tabachnick explores the largely unrecognized history of technology as an idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Reversal \u003c\/em\u003etakes the reader back to Aristotle's ancient warning that humanity should never allow technical thinking to cloud our judgment about what makes for a good life. It then charts the path of how we began to relinquish our deeply rooted intellectual and practical capacities that used to allow us to understand and regulate the role of technologies in our lives. As the rise of technology threatens our very humanity, Tabachnick emphasizes that we still may have time to recover and develop these capacities - but we must first decide how far we want to allow technology to determine our existence and our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Tabachnick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802094694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802094698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.09w x 0.47d","brand":"David Tabachnick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292897792255,"sku":"9780802094698","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c7dd425-b516-42b0-add7-1ca490d5185f.jpg?v=1730210489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-reversal-david-tabachnick-9780802094698","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}