Document Type
Review Essay
Abstract
[First paragraph]
In the course of my own research on culture and technology, I have marveled at the vast pool of valuable resources available in both Cultural Studies and Science and Technology Studies. And I have been equally amazed by the disciplinarity that seems to keep each of these approaches from interacting with each other, in spite of the fact that they share common ancestors like Marx, Heidegger, and Mumford. And so I found myself intrigued by the arrival of Misa, Brey, and Feenberg's edited volume, Modernity and Technology -- a deliberate effort to reconcile the theoretical question of "Modernity" with a pragmatic case-study driven approach. The grand result is a collection of thirteen articles that deal with a diverse range of topics from feminism to environmentalism, from surveillance to alternative medicine, and from Taiwan to Trinidad. While the articles vary greatly in intensity and appeal, a reflection of my own disciplinary prejudices no doubt, Modernity and Technology succeeds in opening up a much needed dialog, and in inspiring curiosity for scholars on both sides of the fence.
Repository Citation
Heckman, Davin. "On Misa, Brey, and Feenberg's Modernity and Technology." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 4, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1–4. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol4/iss2/9