Cultural Collisions Postmodern Technoscience |
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| Author:
| Sassower, Raphael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-91110-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1995 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $46.95 |
Book Description:
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In Cultural Collisions Raphael Sassower brings postmodernism face to face with technoscience and considers the viability of public works, such as the Superconducting Supercollider, in a postmodern age. Contending that technoscientific projects are contingent upon economic and political support, and not simply upon their scientific feasibility, Sassower illuminates the cultural context of postmodern technoscience vis-a-vis an examination of postmodernism and the philosophy of late 20th...
More DescriptionIn Cultural Collisions Raphael Sassower brings postmodernism face to face with technoscience and considers the viability of public works, such as the Superconducting Supercollider, in a postmodern age. Contending that technoscientific projects are contingent upon economic and political support, and not simply upon their scientific feasibility, Sassower illuminates the cultural context of postmodern technoscience vis-a-vis an examination of postmodernism and the philosophy of late 20th century science.