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Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth

Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth

Ihde, Don

Paperback

Series: Philosophy of Technology

PhilosophyTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 0253205603
ISBN13: 9780253205605
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: May 22 1990
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.26
Language: English

. . . Dr. Ihde brings an enlightening and deeply humanistic perspective to major technological developments, both past and present. --Science Books & Films

Don Ihde is a pleasure to read. . . . The material is full of nice suggestions and details, empirical materials, fun variations which engage the reader in the work . . . the overall points almost sneak up on you, they are so gently and gradually offered. --John Compton

A sophisticated celebration of cultural diversity and of its enabling technologies. . . . perhaps the best single volume relating the philosophical tradition to the broad issues raised by contemporary technologies. --Choice

. . . important and challenging . . . --Review of Metaphysics

. . . a range of rich historical, cultural, philosophical, and psychological insights, woven together in an intriguing and clear exposition . . . The book is really a pleasure to read, for its style, immense learning and sanity. --Teaching Philosophy

The role of tools and instruments in our relation to the earth and the ways in which technologies are culturally embedded provide the foci of this thought-provoking book.

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