Technology and Social Power

GRAEME KIRKPATRICK is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. He has published articles on technology and society in a variety of journals. His co-edited volume, Historical Materialism and Social Evolution, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2003. He is also author of Critical Technology, which won the 2005 Philip Abrams Prize from the British Sociological Association

• Technology and Social PowerThe Meaning of TechnologyTechnological ModernityTechnology and DominationLimits of Social ConstructionTechnology as CultureDigital Technical Politics.

'A veritable counter-revolution in technology studies. Kirkpatrick offers a theory of technology that can converge with and contribute to a politically relevant left critique.' - Andrew Feenberg, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology, Simon Fraser University, Canada 'Technology and Social Power stands as a short and very readable introduction to the philosophy and sociology of technology, conducted with an explicitly critical perspective. Key thinkers and theoretical perspectives are unpacked well, with a clear and unpretentious voice! some great discussions of some fascinating topics.' - Rob McGrail, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand