About this title: What is a technical object? At the beginning of Western philosophy, Aristotle contrasted beings formed by nature, which had within themselves a beginning of movement and rest, and man-made objects, which did not have the source of their own production within themselves. This book, the first of three volumes, revises the Aristotelian argument and develops an innovative assessment whereby the technical object can be seen as having an essential, distinct temporality and dynamics of its own. The Aristotelian concept persisted, in one form or another, until Marx, who conceived of the possibility ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780804730419ISBN:0804730415
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent copy-no marking or highlighting. Pages clean, bright and tight. Cover has slight curl along page edge but in other wise nice condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 316 p. Technics & Time. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804730402ISBN:0804730407
Description: Fine. 0804730407 Stanford University Press hardcover w/dj, 1998, 1st edition, No marks or defects...Fine/Fine (like new)...Bubble-wrapped and ed in a Box w/ confirmation. read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Stanford University Press, Stanford [CA]
Date Published: (1998)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xv, 295 pp, Translated by Richard Beardsworth & George Collins. Contents: The Invention of the Human: Theories of Technical Evolution; Technology & Anthropology; Who? What? The Invention of the Human; The Fault of Apimetheus: Prometheus's Liver; Already There; The Disengagement of the What. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804730402ISBN:0804730407
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using DHL or Royal Mail international mail WITH TRACKING NUMBER. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Aristotle contrasted beings formed by nature with man-made objects, which did not have the source of production within themselves. This book, the first of three volumes, develops an innovative assessment whereby the technical object can be ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: 1998-04-01
ISBN-13:9780804730419ISBN:0804730415
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13:9780804730402ISBN:0804730407
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Aristotle contrasted beings formed by nature with man-made objects, which did not have the source of production within themselves. This book, the first of three volumes, develops an innovative assessment whereby the technical object can be seen as having an ... read more
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