{"product_id":"strange-weather-culture-science-and-technology-in-the-age-of-limits-paperback","title":"Strange Weather: Culture, Science and Technology in the Age of Limits - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho speaks for science in a technologically dominated society? In his latest work of cultural criticism Andrew Ross contends that this question yields no simple or easy answer. In our present technoculture a wide variety of people, both inside and outside the scientific community, have become increasingly vocal in exercising their right to speak about, on behalf of, and often against, science and technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that science can only ever be understood as a social artifact, \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather\u003c\/i\u003e is a manifesto which calls on cultural critics to abandon their technophobia and contribute to the debates which shape our future. Each chapter focuses on an idea, a practice or community that has established an influential presence in our culture: New Age, computer hacking, cyberpunk, futurology, and global warming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a book brimming over with intelligence--both human and electronic--Ross examines the state of scientific countercultures in an age when the development of advanced information technologies coexists uneasily with ecological warnings about the perils of unchecked growth. Intended as a contribution to a \"green\" cultural criticism, \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative investigation of the ways in which science is shaping the popular imagination of today, and delimiting the possibilities of tomorrow.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in American Studies at New York University. His books include \u003ci\u003eNo Respect, Strange Weather, The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life\u003c\/i\u003e; the editor of \u003ci\u003eUniversal Abandon?\u003c\/i\u003e; and the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMicrophone Fiends\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52761602490675,"sku":"9780860915676","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/icyY-NjLnh9780860915676.webp?v=1764514695","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/strange-weather-culture-science-and-technology-in-the-age-of-limits-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}