{"product_id":"9780252090448","title":"The Enchantments of Technology","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Enchantments of Technology,\u003c\/i\u003e Lee Worth Bailey erases the conventional distinction between myth and machine in order to explore the passionate foundations concealed in technological culture and address its complex ethical, moral and social implications.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bailey argues that technological society does not simply disenchant the world with its reductive methods and mechanical metaphors, then shape machines with political motives, but is also borne by a deeper, subversive undertow of enchantment. Addressing examples to explore the complexities of these enchantments, his thought is full of illuminating examinations of seductively engaging technologies ranging from the old \u003ci\u003ecamera obscura\u003c\/i\u003e to new automobiles, robots, airplanes, and spaceships.\u003cbr\u003e This volume builds on the work of numerous scholars, including Jacques Ellul and Jean Brun on the phenomenological and spiritual aspects of technology, Carl Jung on the archetypal collective unconscious approach to myth, and Martin Heidegger on Being itself. Bailey creates a dynamic, interdisciplinary, postmodern examination of how our machines and their environments embody not only reason, but also desires.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120238838000,"sku":"9780252090448","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780252090448_p0.jpg?v=1763680220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780252090448","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}