| Medical Technics Contributor(s): Ihde, Don (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517908302 ISBN-13: 9781517908300 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $9.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Medical | History - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
| Series: Forerunners: Ideas First |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 0.01" W x 7.2" (0.20 lbs) 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A personal account of the aging body and advanced technologies by a preeminent philosopher of technology Medical Technics is a rigorous examination of how medical progress has modified our worlds and contributed to a virtual revolution in longevity. Don Ihde offers a unique autobiographical tour of medical events experienced in a decade, beginning in his 70s. Ihde offers experiential and postphenomenological analyses of technologies such as sonography and microsurgery, and ultimately asks what it means to increasingly become a cyborg. Forerunners: Ideas FirstShort books of thought-in-process scholarship, where intense analysis, questioning, and speculation take the lead |