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Annotated Bibliography

Who wrote this text:

Andrew Feenburg
Who was it written for:

Academics, philosophy lovers, and people interested in the study of technology


When was it written:

2010
Where was it published:

Cambridge, Mass
Has it had any impact:

Yes it has. It has been cited seven times in various journal publications:
Technology and the Extension of Human Capabilities, Lawson, Clive, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 40.2 (2010): 207-23. Print. Modernity, Technology and the Forms of Rationality, Andrew Feenburg, Philosophy Compass, Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages 865873, December 2011 Empirical Technoscience Studies in a Comtean World: Too Much Concreteness?, Robert C. Sharff, Philosophy and Technology, 2011 Tweeting Ideology? The reproduction of us and them in andit-fascist protests on twitter Christina Neumayer, Bjarki Valtysson, Paper presented at NordMedia 2011, University of Akureyri Neoliberalism in the Information Age, or Vice Versa? Global Citizenship, Technology, and Hegemonic Ideology, Robert Neubauer, tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, Vol 9, No 2 (2011) Revealing the technological irresponsibility in Curriculum Design, Mark Halvorson, Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 3447, January 2011 Which Alternative? A Critical Analysis of YouTube- Comments in Anti-Fascist Protest, by Christina Neumayer, tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-operation, Vol 10, No 1 (2012) What is the argument, position, thesis, question, purpose?

The Author challenges the commonly held view that technology is a deterministic force on society, a theory advanced by Heidegger and others, by citing examples of technologies that are in fact altered by society through their use of the technology. In contrast he offers that technology is an indeterminsit force where there is no prevailing imperative determining or controlling social heirachy and that Technology presents a sceen for social struggle by creating a parliament of things.
How is the text organized to support the argument/ position?

The text is organized in the style of an academic argument. The author identifies his topic and explains how it is perceived. He then identifies problems with this perception and offers examples that counter the validity of the perception. Then he offers an alternate view point and elaborates on it.
Are there any words, phrases or sentences that you do not know or understand?

Yes. Hegemony, Dystopian Modernity, Technological Determinism, Constructivism, Indeterminism, Technological Hegemony, Democratic Rationalism.
Are there any sources in the notes or bibliography that show promise for further inquiry?

Yes. Herbert Marcuse From Ontology to Technology: Fundamental tendencies of industrial society ( in Critical theory and society: a reader), 1989 Heidegger Martin, 1977. The question concerning technology
How might this text be relevant to your own exercise #2 project? What will you extract out of it?

I am intrigued by the author's notions of technology as a neutral factor and that the dominating factors or hegemony are socially related. I may attempt to test this theory in my experiment or to apply this philosopy in the process of my experiment.

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