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The Power of the Machine

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Power of the Machine

By Alf Hornborg

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Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical exchanges and distribution of resources and risks between distant populations and ecosystems, and thus an increasingly polarized world order. The author challenges us to reconceptualize the machine—'industri...Show more

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Sociology and anthropology

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ISBN

9780759100664

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Power of the Machine

Format

Paperback

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