عنوان

The power of the machine :

(Number (ISBN

0759100667

(Number (ISBN

0759100675

(Number (ISBN

9780759100664

(Number (ISBN

9780759100671

Number

b414289

Title Proper

The power of the machine :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

global inequalities of economy, technology, and environment /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alf Hornborg

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 273 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, map ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

[Globalization and the environment ;

Volume Designation

1]

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index

Text of Note

"Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical exchanges and distribution of resources and risks between distant populations and ecosystems, and thus an increasingly polarized world order. The author challenges us to reconceptualize the machine - 'industrial technomass' - as a species of power and a problem of culture. He shows how economic anthropology has the tools to deconstruct the concepts of production, money capital, and market exchange, and to analyze capital accumulation as a problem at the very interface of the natural and social sciences. His analysis provides an alternative understanding of economic growth and technological development. Hornborg's work is essential for researchers in anthropology, human ecology, economics, political economy, world-systems theory, environmental justice, and science and technology studies."--Pub. desc

Title

Power of the machine.

Technological innovations

Technology-- Economic aspects

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Hornborg, Alf

Date of Transaction

20160712070613.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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