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Critical theory of technology
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Feenberg as discussed by the authors discusses the possibility of a radical reform of industrial society and challenges the assumption that modern society, with its emphasis on technological reasoning, has condemned its members to mindless work and subservience to the dictates of management.Abstract:
Feenberg discusses the possibility of a radical reform of industrial society. He challenges the assumption that modern society, with its emphasis on technological reasoning, has condemned its members to mindless work and subservience to the dictates of management. In doing so, he presents a new interpretation of the relationship between technology, rationality, and democracy.read more
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A critique of using grounded theory as a research method
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Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education
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The Politics of the Interface: Power and Its Exercise in Electronic Contact Zones.
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Shop class as soulcraft : an inquiry into the value of work
TL;DR: Author Crawford argues for the revival of teaching the skills of tool, machine, and material use in the schools to counter the decline in knowledge of the artifacts of the authors' culture and the resulting loss of self-determination.
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The postmodern condition : a report on knowledge
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What’s Critical About Critical Theory? The Case of Habermas and Gender
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Crossing the postmodern divide
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