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Hickman['s] . . . style of pragmatism provides us with flexible, philosophical 'tools'which can be used to analyze and penetrate various technology and technologicalcultural problems of the present. He, himself, uses this toolkit to make his analysesand succeeds very well indeed.' Don IhdeA practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture.Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture contends that technologya defining mark of contemporary cultureshould be a legitimate concern of philosophers. Larry A. Hickman contests the perception that philosophy is little more than a narrow academic discipline and that philosophical discourse is merely redescription of the ancient past. Drawing inspiration from John Dewey, one of America's greatest public philosophers, Hickman validates the role of philosophers as cultural critics and reformers in the broadest sense. Hickman situates Dewey's critique of technological culture within the debates of 20thcentury Western philosophy by engaging the work of Richard Rorty, Albert Borgmann, Jacques Ellul, Walter Benjamin, Jrgen Habermas, and Martin Heidegger, among others. Pushing beyond their philosophical concerns, Hickman designs and assembles a set of philosophical tools to cope with technological culture in a new century. His pragmatic treatment of current themessuch as technology and its relationship to the arts, technosciences and technocrats, the role of the media in education, and the meaning of democracy and community life in an age dominated by technologyreveals that philosophy possesses powerful tools for cultural renewal. This original, timely, and accessible work will be of interest to readers seeking a deeper understanding of the meanings and consequences of technology in today's world.
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