{"product_id":"technology-and-social-theory-themes-in-social-theory-9780230577572","title":"Technology and Social Theory Themes in Social Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTEVE MATTHEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is an established writer and teacher in Sociology, with specific interests in science and technology, social theory, cultural studies and modernity and its discontents. His most recent publications include (with Bell) 'Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand: Identity, Space and Place (Oxford University Press, 2004) and 'Being Sociological' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Matthewman's writing is clear, accessible and engaging and the text displays significant intellectual depth in providing such a rigorous, succinct and sophisticated analysis of a such wide body of literature. A useful addition to reading lists across STS, Sociology, Politics and Communications.' - David Mercer, Associate Professor, Convener of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia 'A well informed and readable account of approaches to technology in sociological thought, organised in a clear and comprehensive way.' - Adrian Mackenzie, Lecturer in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK '...this book comes as a necessary and delightful addition ...[it] is a highly engaging, accessible text that is crucial for anyone writing and researching technology' - New Zealand Sociology 'Though aimed mainly at sociologists and other social scientists, this impressive book has much to offer theoretically curious historians of technology and their graduate students.' - Mark Shields, Technology and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Theorising Technology  Marx, Modernity and the Machine  Constructing the Modern: Human-Built World  The Politics of Artefacts  The Social Construction of Technology  The Socio-Technical Construction of Society: Actor-Network Theory  Left to Our Own Devices: Subjective Machines  Objective Life: Things and Social Theory  Conclusion: We Have Always Been Posthuman  Bibliography  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767170629975,"sku":"9780230577572","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technology-and-social-theory-themes-in-social-theory-9780230577572","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}