{"product_id":"the-machine-at-work-nihilism-and-hermeneutics-in-post-modern-culture-paperback-1","title":"The Machine at Work: Nihilism and Hermeneutics in Post-Modern Culture - 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\u003eKeith Grint\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteve Woolgar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly topical book is a concise and accessible account of the relationship between technology and work. Firstly, it reviews and critically assesses a variety of recent approaches to the social and cultural dimensions of technology. Secondly, it examines the implications of these new approaches for existing ideas about the nature of technology and work organization. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the core of much thinking about technology is the assumption that the technical character and capacity of artefacts is given. The enduring image of \u003ci\u003edeus ex machina\u003c\/i\u003e captures the idea that it is the essential capacity 'within' a technology which, in the end, accounts for the way we organize ourselves, our work and other life experiences. Recent work in the sociology of technology, by contrast, sets out relativist and constructivist accounts of technology, which begin to challenge this central assumption.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Machine at Work\u003c\/i\u003e includes a reinterpretation of the Luddites; a review of the social processes of development in information technology; a reassessment of theories of the role of technology in work; and an analysis of the common limitations of some constructivist and feminist perspectives on technology. The book argues that only a commitment to a particular conception of constructivism enables the kind of radical rethinking about technology and work relations that is needed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis engaging and informative text will be of interest to students in a range of subject areas - from sociology, organizational theory and behaviour, to industrial relations, management and business studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly topical book is a concise and accessible account of the relationship between technology and work. Firstly, it reviews and critically assesses a variety of recent approaches to the social and cultural dimensions of technology. Secondly, it examines the implications of these new approaches for existing ideas about the nature of technology and work organization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the core of much thinking about technology is the assumption that the technical character and capacity of artefacts is given. The enduring image of \u003ci\u003edeus ex machina\u003c\/i\u003e captures the idea that it is the essential capacity 'within' a technology which, in the end, accounts for the way we organize ourselves, our work and other life experiences. Recent work in the sociology of technology, by contrast, sets out relativist and constructivist accounts of technology, which begin to challenge this central assumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Machine at Work\u003c\/i\u003e includes a reinterpretation of the Luddites; a review of the social processes of development in information technology; a reassessment of theories of the role of technology in work; and an analysis of the common limitations of some constructivist and feminist perspectives on technology. The book argues that only a commitment to a particular conception of constructivism enables the kind of radical rethinking about technology and work relations that is needed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This engaging and informative text will be of interest to students in a range of subject areas - from sociology, organizational theory and behaviour, to industrial relations, management and business studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Grint\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Management Studies and Fellow in Organization Behaviour at Templeton College, Oxford. \u003cb\u003eSteve Woolgar\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of CRICT and Professor of Sociology at Brunel, University of West London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.95 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731701854515,"sku":"9780745609256","price":65.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZzVUM0RjS1RvQXZPdi9SVFlhT3IzUT09_eeeafceb-6638-414e-a1fd-931aa2f45fce.webp?v=1763866817","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-machine-at-work-nihilism-and-hermeneutics-in-post-modern-culture-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}