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Book Synopsis
This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Perspectives on Technology

Part 1: Approaching the Imperative

2 T.C. Keefer, T.C. Haliburton, Sandford Fleming, and Alexander Graham Bell: Technology as Railways, Communication Media, and Time

3 Advocates of Technical Education: Technology as Knowledge

Part 2: Grappling with the Imperative

4 George Stanley Brett and the Debate on Technology as War: Technology Dethroned

5 William Lyon Mackenzie King and Frederick Philip Grove: Technology as Industrialism

6 Stephen Leacock and Archibald Lampman: Technology as Mechanization

Part 3: Philosophizing the Imperative

7 Harold A. Innis and Eric Havelock: Technology as Power

8 Marshall McLuhan: Making Sense(s) of Technology

9 Northrop Frye and E.J. Pratt: Technology as Mythology

10 George Grant and Dennis Lee: Technology as Being

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

The Technological Imperative in Canada

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2010
      ISBN13: 9780774816519, 978-0774816519
      ISBN10: 0774816511
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This highly original, seminal study of Canadian theorists of technology and morality shows that Canadian thinkers were not only original and intellectually au courant but also engaging and insightful.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1 Perspectives on Technology

      Part 1: Approaching the Imperative

      2 T.C. Keefer, T.C. Haliburton, Sandford Fleming, and Alexander Graham Bell: Technology as Railways, Communication Media, and Time

      3 Advocates of Technical Education: Technology as Knowledge

      Part 2: Grappling with the Imperative

      4 George Stanley Brett and the Debate on Technology as War: Technology Dethroned

      5 William Lyon Mackenzie King and Frederick Philip Grove: Technology as Industrialism

      6 Stephen Leacock and Archibald Lampman: Technology as Mechanization

      Part 3: Philosophizing the Imperative

      7 Harold A. Innis and Eric Havelock: Technology as Power

      8 Marshall McLuhan: Making Sense(s) of Technology

      9 Northrop Frye and E.J. Pratt: Technology as Mythology

      10 George Grant and Dennis Lee: Technology as Being

      Conclusion

      Notes

      Selected Bibliography

      Index

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