TY - BOOK AU - Cressman,Darryl TI - The Necessity of Critique: Andrew Feenberg and the Philosophy of Technology T2 - Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, SN - 9783031078774 U1 - 601 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Technology-Philosophy KW - Communication KW - Information theory KW - Science-Social aspects KW - Philosophy of Technology KW - Media and Communication Theory KW - Science and Technology Studies N1 - Introduction: The Necessity (and Spirit) of Critique in Andrew Feenberg's Philosophy of Technology -- Critical Constructivism: An Exposition and Defense -- The Critical Theory of the Common Good, Technology, and the Corona Tracking App -- Andrew Feenberg and the Distorted Democratization of Technology: Covid-19 and the Case of Hydroxychloroquine -- Beyond the Design Code: Critical Design and Democratic Rationalizations -- Who Controls the Smart City? From Machines of Loving Grace to a Democratic Transformation from Below -- Critical (Big) Data Studies -- The Behaviourial Code: Recommender Systems and the Technical Code of Behaviourism -- The Algorithmic Thing, The Real, and Contestation: Tracing the Fringes of Critical Constructivism -- Beyond Efficiency: Comparing Andrew Feenberg's and Byung-Chul Han's Philosophy of Technology -- The Varieties of Praxis: Marx, Lukács, and Czechoslavak Marxism -- What Place for Nature within the Assessment of Technology? -- Is Critical Constructivism Critical Enough? Towards an Agonistic Philosophy of Technology -- Geschichtlichkeit, Life, and Technicity: From Heideggerian Marxism to the Critical Theory of Technology N2 - The essays in this edited collection are inspired by Andrew Feenberg's philosophy of technology. Feenberg is the leading critical theorist of technology working today, combining the critical traditions of Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Georg Lukáacs, and Herbert Marcuse with empirical methods from science & technology studies (STS) and media studies. Divided into three parts, these contributions from philosophers, media theorists, design theorists, and STS scholars, reflect the relevancy of Feenberg's philosophy for making sense of our technically mediated society. This collection appeals to students and researchers interested in the philosophy of technology, critical theory, smart cities, big data, AI, and algorithmic culture UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07877-4 ER -