Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought

Download or read book Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought written by Caroline Ashcroft and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-twentieth century, a certain idea of technology emerged in the work of many influential political theorists: a critical, catastrophic concept of technology, entangled with the apocalyptic fears fuelled by two all-consuming world wars and the looming nuclear threat. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Hannah Arendt, Jacques Ellul, Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse, Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought explores the critical idea of technology as both a response to a dramatically changing world, and a radical political critique of Cold War liberalism.