From Library Journal
This collection, first published in London in 1988, aims to shock the reader into becoming more critical of technology in our lives. The role and influence of technology is assessed in a set of ten questions that serve as chapter headings (e.g., "What is the future of human culture with respect to technology?"). Excerpts from articles and books (the most recent of which was published in 1985) by over 30 authors (whose subject background is omitted) serve as examples of socioeconomic interpretations of the encroachment and dangers of technology. Although the questions stated are large, the amount of space and size of the selections are inadequate to give context to such major issues. The larger framework of the literature on technology, such as that discussed in A Guide to the Culture of Science, Technology, and Medicine , edited by Paul T. Durbin ( LJ 8/80), is neither cited nor mentioned here. A better choice for libraries is Arnold Pacey's The Culture of Technology ( LJ 2/15/84).
-Christopher R. Jocius, Illinois Mathematics & Science Acad., Aurora
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Christopher R. Jocius, Illinois Mathematics & Science Acad., Aurora
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
