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- catalog abstract ""Contemporary society is rife with instability. Humans' active and invasive investigation of genetics has raised and given life to the one-time science fiction specter, the clone. The scarcity of natural energy sources has led to greateer manipulation of atomic or nuclear energy and, as a result, to greater danger. And the promises of globalization have delivered in some cases, but, in many other ways, they have created social and economic disparity. Raphael Sassower addresses growing popular anxiety regarding these and other issues in Confronting Disaster: An Existential Approach to Technoscience."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13303666.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Contemporary society is rife with instability. Humans' active and invasive investigation of genetics has raised and given life to the one-time science fiction specter, the clone. The scarcity of natural energy sources has led to greateer manipulation of atomic or nuclear energy and, as a result, to greater danger.".
- catalog description "And the promises of globalization have delivered in some cases, but, in many other ways, they have created social and economic disparity. Raphael Sassower addresses growing popular anxiety regarding these and other issues in Confronting Disaster: An Existential Approach to Technoscience."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The transformation of the human condition -- The myth of freedom in the information age -- The century of ambiguity and anxiety -- The quest for order (or, the false hopes of technoscience) -- A modest guide.".
- catalog extent "vii, 119 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Confronting disaster.".
- catalog identifier "0739108506 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0739108514 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Confronting disaster.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books,".
- catalog relation "Confronting disaster.".
- catalog subject "303.48/3 22".
- catalog subject "Science Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Science and civilization.".
- catalog subject "T14.5 .S26 2004".
- catalog subject "Technology Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Technology and civilization.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The transformation of the human condition -- The myth of freedom in the information age -- The century of ambiguity and anxiety -- The quest for order (or, the false hopes of technoscience) -- A modest guide.".
- catalog title "Confronting disaster : an existential approach to technoscience / Raphael Sassower.".
- catalog type "text".