Description
In this influential critique of industrial society, the author examines how technologies and institutions designed to serve human needs can instead create dependency, inequality, and diminished autonomy. Extending his analysis beyond education, he explores the “radical monopolies” established by professional systems and infrastructures in fields such as health, transportation, agriculture, housing, and learning. The book calls for a reorientation of technology toward convivial tools—accessible, participatory instruments that enable people and communities to exercise practical knowledge and independent control over their lives. Provocative and far-reaching, it remains a foundational work in the critique of technocracy, modern urbanism, and development.
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paperback
Marion Boyars Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2001
112 pages
ISBN: 9780714509747
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First Published
1973
Language
eng
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