A contextualising, socio-technical definition of technology: Learning from ancient Greece and Foucault

Prometheus (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 399-407

  Rooney, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assemblage of technologies; Socio technical systems; Technologies of power; Technologies of production; Technologies of sign systems; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009194895     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109029708632084     Document Type: Article

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13. Ibid., p. 18.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
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20. Foucault, op. cit., Ref. 10.
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24. Craig Anderton, Guitar Gadgets, Amsco Publications, New York, 1983, p. 117.
25. Ibid.