Collection of eight recent essays by Andrew Feenberg on his philosophy of technology (Critical Technology Theory), an innovative approach to the philosophy and sociology of technology based on a synthesis of ideas rooted in science and technology studies as well as the critical theory of the School from Frankfurt. The volume includes chapters on citizenship and critical theory of technology; philosophy of technology and modernity, as well as Heidegger and Marcuse, two of the most prominent and influential philosophers of technology. With an unprecedented introduction by Feenberg, written for this edition, on the relationship between technology and modernity and democracy. Revised and improved edition.

About the author:

Andrew Feenberg is an American philosopher. He holds the Research Canada Chair in the Philosophy of Technology at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His main interests are philosophy of technology, continental philosophy, technology criticism, and science and technology studies.