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Heidegger and Marcuse: The Catastrophe and Redemption of History
Paperback
Main Details
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Heidegger and Marcuse: The Catastrophe and Redemption of History
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Andrew Feenberg
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:176 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415941785
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| Classifications | Dewey:193 |
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Publishing Details |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
9 December 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This short book contrasts the philosophies of technology of Heidegger and Marcuse, one of Heidegger's star pupils, and relates their work to contemporary technology studies. Feenberg sets out the historical and theoretical background of the debate, then discusses each philosopher's theory in turn, and ends with an important analysis of the implications for contemporary technology studies. Although Heidegger's work in the philosophy of technology is widely discussed and has already been addressed in a handful of books, Marcuse's work has been largely overlooked. This book will be the first to critically engage Marcuse as a philosopher of technology, and as such is sure to make an important impact on the field.
Reviews'This is a book of many virtues. It undertakes the conversation that the later Heidegger was too haughty and the mature Marcuse too disappointed to initiate. In light of this conversation, both Heidegger and Marcuse scholars will be provoked to take a deeper and more fruitful approach to these two giants of twentieth century philosophy. More important still, the book's brilliant readings of Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger, and Marcuse give new resonance to Feenberg's own work and open up new avenues for his extraordinarily circumspect and incisive social philosophy.' Albert Borgmann, University of Montana, USA 'Feenberg's fine-grained and masterly intellectual historiography will be indispensible in further dicussions of Marcuse.' Topia |
