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Translation of La Technique ou l'enjeu du siecle.

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This book argues that new technologies and society's response to them have created a relatively new phenomenon, 'knowledge politics'. Nico Stehr ... More

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The origin of the "Black Jews" of Ethiopia has long been a source of fascination and controversy. Their condition and future continues to generate ... More

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Originally published in 1971. Discoveries in modern biology can radically change human life as we know it. As our understanding of living processes, ... More

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In an eclectic and highly original study, Turnbull brings together traditions as diverse as cathedral building, Micronesian navigation, cartography ... More

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Does contemporary Internet technology strengthen civic engagement and democratic practice? The recent surge in online community participation has ... More

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A cultural critique of the commodity in consumer society, The System of Objects is a tour de force a theoretical letter-in-a-bottle tossed into the ... More

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"The City Reader" brings together the very best on the city. Fifty generous selections are included. Each piece is separately introduced with a brief ... More

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Taking us beyond Blink and Faster, Jackson makes it clear that if we continue down this road of scattered attention spans and widespread societal ADD ... More

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How social and economic conditions have precipitated advances in engineering.

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The Internet and Society explores the impact of the internet on modern culture.

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What gives the mass media, particularly advertising and television, their extraordinary power over our lives, so that even the most jaded and ... More

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In Probing Popular Culture: On and Off the Internet, one of the leading authorities on American and popular culture studies presents an eye-opening ... More

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The construction process, right through from planning and design to use and demolition, has a major impact on society. Traditionally, concern has ... More

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This, the first book in the series, explores cities from the earliest earth built settlements to the dawn of the industrial age exploring ancient, ... More

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The construction process, right through from planning and design to use and demolition, has a major impact on society. Traditionally, concern has ... More

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A movement of scientists and students concerned about the misuse of science and the proper relation between science and society, beginning to a large ... More

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The distinguished cast of contributors to this volume surveys the principal critical issues of science's present and impending impact on man and on ... More

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