Technology as a Cultural Force: For Alena and Griffin

@article{Borgmann2006TechnologyAA,
  title={Technology as a Cultural Force: For Alena and Griffin},
  author={Albert Borgmann},
  journal={The Canadian Journal of Sociology},
  year={2006},
  volume={31},
  pages={351 - 360}
}
  • A. Borgmann
  • Published 6 September 2006
  • Economics
  • The Canadian Journal of Sociology
To various degrees, the citizens of the advanced industrial countries are suffering from a crisis that is as profound as it is vague and therefore hard to deal with. The problem is particularly acute in the United States, however, and in what follows, some of the illustrations pertain particularly to that country, the one I live in and know best. In any case, though vagueness obscures the crisis, there have to be symptoms of some sort; otherwise we would not feel troubled. What are the signs of… Expand
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