Under Technology's Thumb
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 1990
- Category
- General, Environmental Policy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773507241
- Publish Date
- Feb 1990
- List Price
- $110.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773507487
- Publish Date
- Feb 1990
- List Price
- $34.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773562219
- Publish Date
- Feb 1990
- List Price
- $40.95
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Description
From the introduction: "Standing at the threshold of modern times, Francis Bacon saw in experimental science and technological innovation the keys to humanity's future. Human history to that point, he thought, was an endlessly repeated cycle of despair and false hopes. The false hopes were fed by the old illusion that a few cheap tricks and the right magical formulas would unlock nature's treasury where unlimited wealth and power lay. The despair arose from humanity's seeming inability to escape from subjection to the natural forces that periodically visited famine, disease, pestilence, and destruction upon it."
About the author
William Leiss is a fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Canada, an officer of the Order of Canada, and professor emeritus at the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University. He is the author of several books, including Mad Cows and Mother’s Milk: The Perils of Poor Risk Communication.
Editorial Reviews
"In these essays ... [Leiss] has made a notable contribution to our collective understanding of the distinction between technique and technologies and the relation of technology to society." Stanley Aronowitz, Department of Sociology, City University of New York.
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