This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful.
This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful.
R. Douglas Francis is a professor of Canadian history at the University of Calgary.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Perspectives on Technology Part 1: Approaching the Imperative 2 T.C. Keefer, T.C. Haliburton, Sandford Fleming, and Alexander Graham Bell: Technology as Railways, Communication Media, and Time 3 Advocates of Technical Education: Technology as Knowledge Part 2: Grappling with the Imperative 4 George Stanley Brett and the Debate on Technology as War: Technology Dethroned 5 William Lyon Mackenzie King and Frederick Philip Grove: Technology as Industrialism 6 Stephen Leacock and Archibald Lampman: Technology as Mechanization Part 3: Philosophizing the Imperative 7 Harold A. Innis and Eric Havelock: Technology as Power 8 Marshall McLuhan: Making Sense(s) of Technology 9 Northrop Frye and E.J. Pratt: Technology as Mythology 10 George Grant and Dennis Lee: Technology as Being Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Perspectives on Technology Part 1: Approaching the Imperative 2 T.C. Keefer, T.C. Haliburton, Sandford Fleming, and Alexander Graham Bell: Technology as Railways, Communication Media, and Time 3 Advocates of Technical Education: Technology as Knowledge Part 2: Grappling with the Imperative 4 George Stanley Brett and the Debate on Technology as War: Technology Dethroned 5 William Lyon Mackenzie King and Frederick Philip Grove: Technology as Industrialism 6 Stephen Leacock and Archibald Lampman: Technology as Mechanization Part 3: Philosophizing the Imperative 7 Harold A. Innis and Eric Havelock: Technology as Power 8 Marshall McLuhan: Making Sense(s) of Technology 9 Northrop Frye and E.J. Pratt: Technology as Mythology 10 George Grant and Dennis Lee: Technology as Being Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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