{"product_id":"catastrophic-technology-in-cold-war-political-thought-9781399535021","title":"Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Caroline Ashcroft\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Theory - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-twentieth century, a certain idea of technology emerged in the work of many influential political theorists: a critical, catastrophic concept of technology, entangled with the apocalyptic fears fuelled by two all-consuming world wars and the looming nuclear threat. Drawing on the work of theorists such as Hannah Arendt, Jacques Ellul, Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse, \u003ci\u003eCatastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the critical idea of technology as both a response to a dramatically changing world, and a radical political critique of Cold War liberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889687740567,"sku":"9781399535021","price":2627.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399535021.webp?v=1781177347","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/catastrophic-technology-in-cold-war-political-thought-9781399535021","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}