The Magic of Technology

The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery

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Alf Hornborg

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This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral revelation of natural principles that we tend to think, but largely a means of accumulating, through physically asymmetric exchange, the material means of harnessing natural forces to reinforce social relations of power. Alf Hornborg reflects on how our cultural illusions about technology appeared in history and how they continue to stand in the way of visions for an equal and sustainable world. He argues for a critical reconceptualisation of modern technology as an institution for redistributing human time, resources, and risks in world society. The book highlights a need to think of world trade in other terms than money and raises fundamental questions about the role of human-artifact relations in organising human societies. It will be of interest to a range of scholars working in anthropology, sociology, economics, development studies, and the philosophy of technology. *CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2023*

Author Biography:

Alf Hornborg is an anthropologist and Professor of Human Ecology at Lund University, Sweden.

Release date Australia

April 22nd, 2024

Author

Alf Hornborg

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

274

ISBN-13

9781032223032

Product ID

38755418

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