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Apr 15, 2026
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CNX 122 - Machines and Their Critics
Description
This course will offer an overview of Western modernity with special emphasis on the ways in which technologies have shaped, and been shaped by, human practices, value-systems, and imaginations. Our goal is to acquire an understanding of the principal currents that have shaped Western culture from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Though our primary focus is on technologies and their impact in the world, we will consider the historical and material conditions that provide the necessary context for the machines, systems, and technics in any given period. In doing so, this course introduces students to a range of issues revolving around the significance of technology-historical, philosophical, sociological, phenomenological, and ethical.
Credits: 1
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