Against Technology: From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism

by Steven E. Jones

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This book addresses the question of what it might mean today to be a Luddite--that is, to take a stand against technology. Steven Jones here explains the history of the Luddites, British textile works who, from around 1811, proclaimed themselves followers of "Ned Ludd" and smashed machinery they saw as threatening their trade. Against Technology is not a history of the Luddites, but a history of an idea: how the activities of a group of British...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415978688

ISBN13:9780415978682

Release Date:June 2006

Publisher:Routledge

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.93 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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