Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a p[...]
Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a p[...]
In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of 'technology' itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is united in a common development toward increasingly efficient technologies. Instead it argues that modern technology implies[...]
Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical exchang[...]
Den moderna människan sätter sin tilltro till tekniken. Men är själva föreställningen om "teknik" en kulturell illusion? I Myten om maskinen utmanar Alf Hornborg, professor i humanekologi vid Lunds universitet, idén att mänskligheten är förenad i en gemensam utveckling mot allt effektivare[...]
I denna bok utmanar Alf Hornborg idén att mänskligheten är förenad i en gemensam utveckling mot allt effektivare teknik. I stället hävdar han att modern teknik förutsätter ett slags globalt nollsummespel med ojämna resursflöden, som gör det möjligt för rikare delar av världssamhället [...]